“India is at the forefront of vaccine development for Covid-19, some are in the advanced stages. India is already working on putting a well-established vaccine delivery system in place. Science will never prosper in silos and the grand challenges understood this well. Grand Challenges, which was launched in 2003 by Bill Melinda Gates foundation, fosters innovation to solve key challenges in global health and development. The initiative focuses on fourteen major challenges including nutrition, vaccine development, develop needle free delivery system for the vaccine, cure for chronic infections, among others.

Source: Hindustan Times October 19, 2020 21:43 UTC