The fund has raised more than US$ 242 million from more than 661 000 individuals, corporations, and other organizations to support WHO and partners’ global COVID-19 response.The fund helps WHO to deploy lifesaving supplies, information and research to countries across the globe.An additional US$ 1.96 billion is needed for WHO in 2021 to continue coordinating global pandemic response, more than 60% will go towards requirements for the Access to COVID-19 tools, including diagnostics, treatments and vaccines.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ One year ago WHO created the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund to respond to the unprecedented show of support by individuals and