Thirty organizations — including scientific journals, nonprofit groups, and research institutes — announced jointly on February 10 that they would share any data or results that could be helpful in fighting the spread of Zika.
The announcement of the data-sharing initiative could be especially useful to help investigate Zika, experts say, since so little is known about the virus. Public health officials have expressed frustration with limited access to data during previous health emergencies.
- Academy of Medical Sciences, UK
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
- The British Medical Journal (BMJ)
- Bulletin of the World Health Organization
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention
- The Department of Biotechnology, Government of India
- The Department for International Development (DFID)
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
- eLife
- The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
- F1000
- Fondation Mérieux
- Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)
- The Institut Pasteur
- Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED)
- The JAMA Network
- The Lancet
- Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
- National Academy of Medicine
- National Institutes of Health, USA
- National Science Foundation, USA
- The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)
- PLOS
- Science Journals
- South African Medical Research Council
- Springer Nature
- UK Medical Research Council
- Wellcome Trust
- ZonMw – The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development
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