Emory School of Nursing Receives $8.1 Million Gates Foundation Grant

ATLANTA -- Emory University's Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing has received $8,163,298 from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for a 2 1/2-year project designed to improve maternal and newborn survival rates in rural Ethiopia.

"The School of Nursing and its partners are joining with health care leaders and educators in Ethiopia to improve the care of pregnant women, the experience of childbirth and the health of newborns," says Emory School of Nursing Dean Linda McCauley, RN, PhD, FAAN.

To read the full press release, visit the Emory University web site.

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people’s health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people—especially those with the fewest resources—have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. Based in Seattle, Washington, the foundation is led by CEO Jeff Raikes and Co-chair William H. Gates Sr., under the direction of Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett.

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