USU Researcher's Dengue Vector Control Project - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

ROCKVILLE, MD -- Nicole Achee, Ph.D., a research assistant professor in the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, and her team comprised of U.S. and international researchers are undertaking an innovative research project to prevent dengue in Thailand and Peru. Their efforts will be supported by a new $3.5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJF).

DNDi Receives Grant to Develop New Medicines for Neglected Diseases

GENEVA -- The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) has received a $25.7 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to research and develop new medicines to treat human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), also known as sleeping sickness, and visceral leishmaniasis (VL).

Leading Global Health Organizations Receive $46.7 Million from Gates Foundation to Integrate Programs Fighting Neglected Tropical Diseases

The fight against neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) received a major boost today with the announcement of five grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation totaling $46.7 million. The grants will support efforts to coordinate and integrate programs to fight key neglected diseases in developing countries.

Gates Foundation Commits Nearly $70 Million to Help Fight Neglected Tropical Diseases

Four grants support development of vaccines and better drugs, and launch of new medical journal

Northwestern University Receives Gates Grant – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

EVANSTON, Ill. -- Northwestern University has received a four-year, $4.9 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop and produce affordable diagnostic devices for infectious diseases plaguing developing countries. The grant is part of the foundation’s Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative.

New Treatment for African Sleeping Sickness – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

The Carter Center to Receive 2006 Gates Award for Global Health – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Organization founded by Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter honored for groundbreaking efforts to prevent and treat neglected diseases

Institute for OneWorld Health to Create Innovative and Sustainable Disease Control Program

$30M Gates Foundation Grant Aims To Greatly Reduce VL Deaths