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On 19 January 2017 the [[Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations]] (CEPI), a global initiative to fight epidemics, was launched at WEF in Davos. The internationally funded initiative aims at securing vaccine supplies for global emergencies and pandemics, and to research new vaccines for tropical diseases, that are now more menacing. The project is funded by private and governmental donors, with an initial investment of US$460m from the governments of Germany, Japan and Norway, plus the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Wellcome Trust.<ref>D. G. McNeil Jr (2017). [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/18/health/partnership-epidemic-preparedness.html?hpw&rref=health&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region&region=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well Donors and Drug Makers Offer $500 Million to Control Global Epidemics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201045140/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/18/health/partnership-epidemic-preparedness.html?hpw&rref=health&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region&region=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well |date=1 December 2017 }}. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved 20 January 2017.</ref>{{Anchor|EBP}}

Between 21 and 24 January 2020, at the early stages of the [[COVID-19 pandemic|COVID-19 outbreak]], [[Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations|CEPI]] met with leaders from [[Moderna]] to establish plans for a [[COVID-19 vaccine]] at the [[Davos, Switzerland|Davos]] gathering,<ref>{{cite web |title=What we know about the Wuhan coronavirus and urgent plans to develop a vaccine for it |url=https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/01/wuhan-coronavirus-china-cepi-vaccine-davos/ |website=World Economic Forum |access-date=9 September 2020 |language=en |archive-date=26 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200826142434/https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/01/wuhan-coronavirus-china-cepi-vaccine-davos/ |url-status=live }}</ref> with a total global case number of 274 and total loss of life the virus at 16.<ref>{{cite web |title=WHO Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Dashboard |url=https://covid19.who.int/ |website=covid19.who.int |access-date=9 September 2020 |language=en |archive-date=16 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200416183953/https://covid19.who.int/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[World Health Organization|WHO]] declared a global health emergency 6 days later.<ref>{{cite news |title=WHO declares coronavirus outbreak a global health emergency |url=https://www.statnews.com/2020/01/30/who-declares-coronavirus-outbreak-a-global-health-emergency |access-date=9 September 2020 |work=STAT |date=30 January 2020 |archive-date=9 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200909231337/https://www.statnews.com/2020/01/30/who-declares-coronavirus-outbreak-a-global-health-emergency/ |url-status=live }}</ref>