New Grants to Fight Tuberculosis Epidemic

11 new grants will speed development of TB vaccines, diagnostic tests, and drugs in support of the Global Plan to Stop TB

Treatment Action Group Receives $4.7 Million from the Gates Foundation to Expand TB/HIV Research & Treatment Advocacy

NEW YORK -- The Treatment Action Group (TAG) announced today it has been awarded a four-year, $4,736,587 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to expand its TB/HIV Advocacy Project and strengthen global responses to the overlapping TB/HIV epidemics. The grant will enable TAG to lead community activist efforts to help ensure universal access to TB and HIV diagnosis and treatment by the year 2010; conduct advocacy to triple funding for research on new TB tools needed by people with HIV; and integrate community activism into TB policy and research globally, in Africa, and in the United States.

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.

Global Fund Announces $500 Million Contribution From Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

GENEVA -- The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria announced today that it has received a contribution of US$500 million over five years from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Foundation Commits $104 Million to TB Alliance to Develop Faster Cure for Tuberculosis

New TB Drugs Urgently Needed to Replace Treatment from the 1960s
 
Second Gates Grant To TB Alliance Quadruples Initial Support

Grand Challenges in Global Health Initiative Selects 43 Groundbreaking Research Projects for More Than $436 Million in Funding

Scientists around the world to discover new ways to fight disease in poorest countries

Pioneering African Health Group to Receive 2005 Gates Award for Global Health

African Medical and Research Foundation honored for five decades of improving health in Africa

Treatment Action Group Announces TB/HIV Project To Broaden Community Advocacy, Education, and Mobilization Against HIV-Related Tuberculosis

Project aims to integrate TB/HIV issues into global AIDS advocacy