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 ====== COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund ======
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 The **COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund (SRF)** was an early initiative to fund the [[World Health Organization]]'s [[COVID-19]] response, including to "suppress transmission, reduce exposure, counter [[misinformation]], protect the vulnerable, reduce mortality and morbidity and accelerate equitable access to new [[COVID-19]] tools."((//COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for WHO.// (2021, August 22). Wayback Machine; WHO Foundation. https://web.archive.org/web/20210822142645/https://covid19responsefund.org/))
 Leadership for the fund was supported by the [[WHO Foundation]], the [[United Nations Foundation]] and the [[Swiss Philanthropy Foundation]], and contributed to by many partners.
+===== History =====
+In early 2020, the [[World Health Organization]] contacted the [[United Nations Foundation]] to "help build momentum and support for its role in leading and coordinating global efforts to prevent, detect, and respond." Just over two weeks later, the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund was launched.((//The COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund.// United Nations Foundation. Retrieved July 4, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230704190217/https://unfoundation.org/covid-19-solidarity-response-fund/))
+In March 2021, the United Nations Foundation transferred control of the fund over to the newly-created [[WHO Foundation]].((//The COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund.// United Nations Foundation. Retrieved July 4, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230704190217/https://unfoundation.org/covid-19-solidarity-response-fund/))
 As of August 2021, the fund had raised $254,133,173 from over 673 083 donors. Allocations were decided by the WHO in line with its [[https://www.campfire.wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=who-whe-2021.02-eng.pdf|COVID-19 Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan]].((//COVID-19 Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan (SPRP 2021).// (2021, February 24). World Health Organization. https://archive.ph/ClZAC)) Recipients included the [[African Union]]/[[African CDC]], the [[Big 6 Youth Organizations]], the [[vaccine]] development alliance [[Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations]] (CEPI), [[UNHCR]], [[UNICEF]], [[UNRWA]], [[WFP]], and other partners.