The Global Virus Network is essential and critical in the preparedness, defence, and first research response to emerging, existing, and unidentified viruses that pose a clear and present threat to public health. It is a coalition comprised of leading virologists around the world working to advance knowledge about how viruses make us sick and to develop drugs and vaccines to prevent illness and death.
Working in close coordination with established national and international institutions, the GVN is a coalition comprised of eminent human and animal virologists from 80+ Centres of Excellence and Affiliates in 40+ countries, working collaboratively to train the next generation, advance knowledge about how to identify and diagnose pandemic viruses, mitigate and control how such viruses spread and make us sick, as well as develop drugs, vaccines, and treatments to combat them.
No single institution in the world has expertise in all viral areas other than the GVN, which brings together the finest medical virologists to leverage their individual expertise and coalesce global teams of specialists on the scientific challenges, issues, and problems posed by pandemic viruses. The power of GVN lies in its global reach, the depth of its science, and its commitment to solving viral challenges facing the human population.
The GVN is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organisation.