Coalition of Epidemic Preparedness Innovation

19.07.2024

Coalition of Epidemic Preparedness Innovation

Why in the news?   

Recently, the Union Minister for the Ministry of Science & Technology inaugurated Asia’s first health research-related "Pre-clinical Network Facility" under the Coalition of Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) in Faridabad.

About Coalition of Epidemic Preparedness Innovation (CEPI):

• It was launched in 2017 as an innovative partnership between public, private, philanthropic and civil organizations.
• It was founded in Davos (Switzerland) by the governments of Norway and India, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Wellcome Trust, and the World Economic Forum.
• Mission: Its mission is to accelerate the development of vaccines and other biologic countermeasures against epidemic and pandemic threats so they can be accessible to all people in need.
• CEPI has supported the development of more than 50 vaccine candidates or platform technologies against multiple known high-risk pathogens or a future Disease X.
• Central to CEPI’s pandemic-beating five-year plan for 2022-2026 is the ‘100 Days Mission’ to compress the time taken to develop safe, effective, globally accessible vaccines against new threats to just 100 days.

 India- CEPI

• The Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India is supporting the implementation of the Ind-CEPI Mission, “Epidemic preparedness through rapid vaccine development: Support of Indian vaccine development.
• It is done through a dedicated Program Management Unit (PMU) at Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC).

                                                                    Source: PIB

Ques :- Consider the following statements with reference to the Coalition of Epidemic Preparedness Innovations:

Statement-I

 It is an innovative partnership between public, private, philanthropic and civil organizations.

Statement-II

 India is not a part of this initiative.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

A.Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, and Statement-II is the correct explanation for Statement-I.

B.Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, and Statement-II is not the correct explanation for Statement-I.

C.Statement-I is correct, but Statement-II is incorrect.

D.Statement-I is incorrect, but Statement-II is correct.

Answer C