The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced funding commitments totaling $700 million from European countries, foundations, and private sector partners in support of its ongoing core work.

At the World Health Summit in Berlin—hosted by Germany, France, and Norway—the organization also announced $300 million in reaffirmed commitments as part of WHO’s newly launched four-year investment round (2025-28). The initiative is intended to provide predictable and flexible funding for its work addressing global health inequities. France, Spain, the United Kingdom, as well as 16 African countries in the African Union—and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation—reconfirmed or announced plans to fund the effort. Germany, which had already committed $140 million, announced an additional $260 million in support.

Newly announced philanthropic commitments included $50 million each from Wellcome and the WHO Foundation; $10 million each from the Institute for Philanthropy, Resolve to Save Lives, and the World Diabetes Foundation; a total of $57 million from Sanofi and Foundation S; and at least $30 million from other philanthropic and private sector partners including Boehringer Ingelheim and Novo Nordisk.

“We know that we are making this ask at a time of competing priorities and limited resources,” said WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. “That’s why I have asked every member state and every partner to step up. Every contribution counts.”

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