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Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics

Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics

The Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) is an international non-governmental organization based in Geneva, Switzerland.

History

On April 24, 2020, FIND co-hosted an event to launch the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-Accelerator), an initiative to raise financial support for accelerated research and development, production, and access to COVID-19 tests, therapies, and vaccines.[1]

FIND co-designed the Global Pandemic Preparedness Summit 2024, which took place on July 29-30, 2024, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[2]

Organization

FIND is part of the Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator (CARB-X) network.[3]

Personnel

Name Position Notes
Ayoade Alakija Chair[4] Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator, African Vaccine Delivery Alliance (AVDA), Government of Nigeria
Marta Fernández Suárez Chief Technology Officer[5] Daktari Diagnostics
Rick Bright Board Member[6] Pandemic Prevention Institute (PPI), Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR)
Emmanuel Agogo Director, Pandemic Threats Programme[7] Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), Resolve to Save Lives

Partners

FIND is a partner of:

  • CommonTrust Network[8]
  • Fleming Fund[9]
  • G20 Health & Development Partnership[10]
  • Global Antibiotic Research & Development Partnership (GARDP)[11]
  • Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN)[12]
  • H20 Summit[13]
  • Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV)[14]
  • Pandemic Action Network[15]
  • RBM Partnership to End Malaria[16]

Funding

FIND has received funding from:[17][18][19]

  • Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-Accelerator)[20]
  • Anesvad
  • African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM)
  • Australian Aid
  • BD[21]
  • Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  • BlackRock Foundation[22]
  • Boston University
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  • Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB)[20:1]
  • Centre for Health Research and Innovation[20:2]
  • Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ)
  • Challenge TB[21:1]
  • Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI)[20:3]
  • Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI)
  • Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator (CARB-X)
  • CRDF Global
  • Delhi Network of Positive People (DNP+)[21:2]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
  • Department of Health and Social Care
  • Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi)
  • ELMA Foundation
  • END Fund
  • European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP)
  • European Commission[23]
  • European Union
  • Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
  • Federal Ministry of Education and Research
  • Fleming Fund
  • Fondation Botnar
  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
  • Foundation for Scientific and Technological Development in Health (FIOTEC)
  • Foundation to Promote Open Society (FPOS)
  • Fundación Probitas
  • FutureLearn[20:4]
  • Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
  • Gilead Sciences[20:5]
  • Global Affairs Canada
  • Global Antimicrobial Resistance Innovation Fund (GAMRIF)
  • Global BioDiagnostics[24]
  • The Global Fund
  • Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT Fund)
  • Google[25]
  • Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
  • Government of Kuwait
  • Government of Manipur[21:3]
  • Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi[21:4]
  • Government of Portugal
  • Government of Punjab[21:5]
  • Horizon 2020
  • Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)[20:6]
  • Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS)[21:6]
  • Intellectual Ventures[24:1]
  • International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
  • International Tuberculosis Research Center (ITRC)[21:7]
  • International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease[26]
  • Irish Aid[25:1]
  • Janssen[20:7]
  • Jhpiego
  • John Snow, Inc. (JSI)[26:1]
  • JSI Research & Training Institute
  • KfW
  • KHPT[20:8]
  • King George's Medical University (KGMU)[20:9]
  • Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health
  • KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation
  • Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust
  • London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine[20:10]
  • Medicor Foundation
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
  • Mongolia Ministry of Health
  • Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai[20:11]
  • MYRADA[20:12]
  • National Institute of Immunology (NII)[20:13]
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme (NTEP)[27]
  • Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad)
  • Optum
  • PanIIT Alumni Foundation[20:14]
  • Patrick J. McGovern Foundation
  • Paul G. Allen Family Foundation
  • PepsiCo
  • Permanent Mission of the State of Kuwait to the United Nations
  • Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH)[21:8]
  • Republic and State of Geneva
  • Research Investment for Global Health Technology Foundation (RIGHT Foundation)
  • Resolve to Save Lives
  • Rockefeller Foundation
  • Save the Children International[28]
  • South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC)
  • State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI)
  • Stop TB Partnership
  • Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
  • Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH)[22:1]
  • Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR)[20:15]
  • TB Alert India[20:16]
  • TB REACH
  • Tetra Pak
  • Top Institute Pharma[29]
  • Trafigura Foundation
  • UBS Optimus Foundation
  • UKaid
  • Unitaid
  • United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
  • United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
  • University of New South Wales (UNSW)
  • Wellcome Trust
  • World Bank
  • World Health Organization (WHO)
  • World Health Partners (WHP)[20:17]
  • YR Gaitonde Centre for AIDS Research and Education (YRGCARE)[21:9]

Activities

FIND has provided funding to:

  1. What is the ACT-Accelerator. World Health Organization. Retrieved February 12, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.02.12-175054/https://www.who.int/initiatives/act-accelerator/about ↩︎

  2. Global Pandemic Preparedness Summit. Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations. Retrieved August 10, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240810004556/https://cepi.net/gpps ↩︎

  3. Global Accelerator Network. CARB-X. Retrieved June 6, 2022, from http://archive.today/2022.06.06-075409/https://carb-x.org/partners/global-accelerator-network/ ↩︎

  4. Ayoade (Yodi) Alakija, Chair. Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics. Retrieved September 4, 2025, from http://archive.today/2025.09.04-014041/https://www.finddx.org/about-us/people/board/ayoade-yodi-alakija-chair/ ↩︎

  5. Marta Fernández Suárez. Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics. Retrieved February 23, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240223092531/https://www.finddx.org/about-us/people/secretariat/marta-fernandez-suarez/ ↩︎

  6. Rick Bright. Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics. Retrieved September 4, 2025, from http://archive.today/2025.09.04-014525/https://www.finddx.org/about-us/people/board/rick-bright ↩︎

  7. Emmanuel Agogo. Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics. Retrieved September 11, 2025, from http://archive.today/2025.09.11-003316/https://www.finddx.org/about-us/people/leadership/emmanuel-agogo/ ↩︎

  8. Home. CommonTrust Network. Retrieved April 14, 2021, from https://web.archive.org/web/20210414122116/http://www.commontrustnetwork.org/ ↩︎

  9. Partners. Fleming Fund. Retrieved June 6, 2022, from http://archive.today/2022.06.06-135244/https://www.flemingfund.org/about-us/partners/ ↩︎

  10. Partners. G20 Health & Development Partnership. Retrieved December 7, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221207074334/https://g20healthpartnership.com/partners/ ↩︎

  11. Balasegaram, M., & Laxminarayan, R. (2022, October 14). GARDP Interactive Activity Report 2021. GARDP. https://web.archive.org/web/20230308232439/https://gardp.org/publications/gardp-interactive-activity-report-2021/ ↩︎

  12. About Us. GOARN. Retrieved March 14, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230314222154/https://goarn.who.int/#aboutus ↩︎

  13. Partners. G20 Health & Development Partnership. Retrieved December 7, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221207074334/https://g20healthpartnership.com/partners/ ↩︎

  14. Other product development partnerships (PDPs). Medicines for Malaria Venture. Retrieved July 17, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220717220929/https://www.mmv.org/other-product-development-partnerships-pdps ↩︎

  15. Our Network. Pandemic Action Network. Retrieved July 23, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220724022128/https://www.pandemicactionnetwork.org/our-network/ ↩︎

  16. Partners. RBM Partnership to End Malaria. Retrieved September 21, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220921232738/https://endmalaria.org/about-us/governance/partner ↩︎

  17. Partners & Donors. Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics. Retrieved May 23, 2021, from http://archive.today/2021.05.23-093639/https://www.finddx.org/partners-donors/ ↩︎

  18. Alakija, A. (2025, January 21). Activity Report 2023 (p. 25). Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics. https://web.archive.org/web/20250904014148/https://www.finddx.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/20250121_activity_report_2023_FV_EN.pdf ↩︎

  19. Kessel, M., & Rodriguez, B. (2022, December 8). 2015-2020 Impact Report (p. 23). Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics. https://web.archive.org/web/20231217083152/https://www.finddx.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20221208_activity_report_2020_FV_EN.pdf ↩︎

  20. Activity Report India 2020 (p. 19). (2022, December 8). Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics. https://web.archive.org/web/20250911184517/https://www.finddx.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20221208_activity_report_india_2020_FV_EN.pdf ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  21. Sarin, S. (2022, December 8). 2019 Activity Report (p. 25). Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics. https://web.archive.org/web/20250911194948/https://www.finddx.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20221208_activity_report_india_2019_FV_EN.pdf ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  22. Kessel, M., & Rodriguez, B. (2024, January 10). Activity Report 2022 (p. 24). Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics. https://web.archive.org/web/20250911183659/https://www.finddx.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20240110_activity_report_2022_FV_EN.pdf ↩︎ ↩︎

  23. Kessel, M., & Boehme, C. (2022, December 8). Annual Report 2019 (p. 24). Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics. https://web.archive.org/web/20250908042732/https://www.finddx.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20221208_activity_report_2019_FV_EN.pdf ↩︎

  24. Boehme, C., & Kessel, M. (2014, April 2). Annual Report 2013 (p. 50). Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics. https://web.archive.org/web/20250625053836/https://www.finddx.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20221208_activity_report_2013_FV_EN.pdf ↩︎ ↩︎

  25. Annual Report 2008 (p. 34). (2009, August 10). Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics. https://web.archive.org/web/20240630203423/https://www.finddx.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20221208_activity_report_2008_FV_EN.pdf ↩︎ ↩︎

  26. Kessel, M., & Boehme, C. (2022a, December 8). Annual Report 2016 (p. 37). Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics. https://web.archive.org/web/20240630022101/https://www.finddx.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20221208_activity_report_2016_FV_EN.pdf ↩︎ ↩︎

  27. FIND Annual report 2021. Canva; Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics. Retrieved September 11, 2025, from https://web.archive.org/web/20250911184252/https://annual-report-21.my.canva.site/#page-6 ↩︎

  28. Boehme, C., & Kessel, M. (2022, December 8). Annual Report 2017 (p. 25). Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics. https://web.archive.org/web/20250907073031/https://www.finddx.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20221208_activity_report_2017_FV_EN.pdf ↩︎

  29. Boehme, C., & Kessel, M. (2015, April 14). Annual Report 2014 (p. 14). Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics. https://web.archive.org/web/20240630040805/https://www.finddx.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20221208_activity_report_2014_FV_EN.pdf ↩︎

  30. Access to COVID-19 tools funding commitment tracker. (2022, April 1). World Health Organization. https://web.archive.org/web/20220407020319/https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/access-to-covid-19-tools-tracker ↩︎

  31. Corporations, Foundations & Organizations - FY2019. CDC Foundation. Retrieved July 31, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220731125224/https://www.cdcfoundation.org/FY2019/organizations ↩︎

  32. Annual Report July 2013 - June 2014 (p. 37). Infectious Diseases Institute. Retrieved July 6, 2017, from https://web.archive.org/web/20170706022039/https://idi-makerere.com/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=88&Itemid=565 ↩︎

  33. Voluntary contributions by fund and by contributor, 2021 (p. 7). (2022). World Health Organization. https://web.archive.org/web/20220516042059/https://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/WHA75/A75_INF5-en.pdf ↩︎