--- title: Gates Foundation Announces $5.7 Million In Funding For Ebola Cure description: Potential donors will undergo tests to ensure their blood is completely free of Ebola and other diseases canonical: https://time.com/3594010/gates-foundation-gives-5-7-million-to-help-develop-ebola-cure/ author: Rishi Iyengar article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-19T06:50:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T11:31:59.721Z article:section: Health og:title: $5.7 Million for Ebola Cure og:description: Pledged by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation og:url: https://time.com/3594010/gates-foundation-gives-5-7-million-to-help-develop-ebola-cure/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte1a9d57dfdad533a/69876971cd684863b60980e4/rtr41zi1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3500 og:image:height: 1969 og:image:alt: Physician demonstrates testing of blood sample at quarantine station for patients with infectious diseases in Berlin og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: $5.7 Million for Ebola Cure twitter:description: Pledged by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte1a9d57dfdad533a/69876971cd684863b60980e4/rtr41zi1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Gates Foundation Gives $5.7 Million to Help Develop Ebola Cure > Sponsored content. 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Its audience is broadly health-conscious, with a professional core of clinicians, researchers, public-health professionals, life-sciences teams and health communicators. by [Rishi Iyengar](https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Nov 19, 2014 6:50 AM UTC  Doctor for tropical medicine Florian Steiner demonstrates the testing of a blood sample at the quarantine station for patients with infectious diseases at the Charite hospital in Berlin Aug. 11, 2014 Doctor for tropical medicine Florian Steiner demonstrates the testing of a blood sample at the quarantine station for patients with infectious diseases at the Charite hospital in Berlin Aug. 11, 2014 Thomas Peter—Reuters by [Rishi Iyengar](https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Nov 19, 2014 6:50 AM UTC The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has [pledged](http://www.gatesfoundation.org/Media-Center/Press-Releases/2014/11/Support-to-Ebola-Affected-Countries-Announcement) $5.7 million towards the fight against Ebola, specifically focused on finding a cure for the disease through plasma collected from the blood of survivors. In a statement on Tuesday, the foundation said it will work with a host of private sector organizations focused on producing and researching a potential remedy with guidance from the World Health Organization. Dr. Papa Salif Sow, a senior program officer and infectious diseases expert with the foundation’s Global Health Program, said the funding was for research and development efforts on potential cures that could be quickly delivered if proven effective. “We are committed to working with Ebola-affected countries to rapidly identify and scale up potential lifesaving treatments for Ebola,” he said. 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