The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, co-founded by Gates and his wife, has worked with China in disease prevention and control, poverty alleviation and other fields for many years. On 27 January, the Foundation committed 5 million US dollars in emergency funding to support China's fight against COVID-19, and later pledged up to 100 million US dollars, part of which will help China accelerate the development of vaccines, treatments and diagnostics. In his recent letter to President Xi, Bill Gates commended the Chinese government and people for the strong epidemic response and expressed firm support to China in prevailing over the outbreak. https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/bill-gates-and-the-world-health-juggernaut/ "When the WHO was formed as an intergovernmental organisation, it would have been unimaginable that a private foundation could have such influence or set the global health agenda. Though awareness of the GF’s influence over the WHO and Gavi is growing, what is less well documented is its extensive reach closer to home and its control over British science, medicine and public health. This I will be reporting on in the coming days.""