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MacArthur Foundation awards $100M to outbreak surveillance network, a boost amid global health cuts
Sentinel has trained over 3,000 public health workers in 53 African countries to enhance real-time outbreak tracking amid global health funding cuts.
- On Tuesday, the MacArthur Foundation selected Sentinel for its 100&Change competition, awarding $100,000,000 to a pandemic-prevention network in Africa.
- Amid cuts, global health programs face fewer funds and less cooperation as major donor countries deprioritize multilateral efforts, with CDC staff told earlier this year to stop working with WHO and proposed cancellations of $500,000,000 and $400,000,000 in funding.
- Sentinel began as a collaboration between Happi's lab and Dr. Pardis Sabeti's lab at the Broad Institute, training more than 3,000 public health workers from 53 of Africa's 54 countries and planning geographic expansion over five years.
- MacArthur hopes the award will prompt similar philanthropic investment, with Cardona calling it `This grant is further wind in those sails, I’d say` and Happi affirming Africa-led solutions.
- Local frontline responders must be empowered as traditional support declines, with experts stressing `continuous monitoring` and officials urging diversified funding amid budget cuts.
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MacArthur Foundation awards $100M to outbreak surveillance network, a boost amid global health cuts
The MacArthur Foundation is awarding $100 million to a private pandemic prevention network across Africa, offering critical support to infectious disease surveillance at a time when governments are deprioritizing global health spending.
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