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Initiatives
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Honors Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Former Executive Director of UN Women, With 2021 Global Goalkeeper Award
Foundation also recognizes three additional Goalkeepers Global Goals Award winners who are taking action to help achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals SEATTLE, September 20, 2021 – The Bill &…
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Economic opportunity
Gates Foundation’s Annual Goalkeepers Report Finds Stark Disparities in COVID-19 Impacts
New data reveals world stepped up to prevent worst-case scenarios from happening; spotlights need for long-term investments to ensure an equitable recovery and continued progress toward the Global Goals SEATTLE…
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation CEO Mark Suzman Announces Initial Plans to Evolve Governance as Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates Commit $15 Billion in New Resources to Deepen and Accelerate the Foundation’s Efforts to Address Inequity
Changes will expand the number of trustees to add diversity of perspectives, strengthen governance, and ensure the foundation is positioned to enhance its impact for years to come SEATTLE (July…
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Initiatives
Gates Foundation Commits $2.1 Billion to Advance Gender Equality Globally
Commitments at the Generation Equality Forum will advance women’s economic empowerment, strengthen health and family planning, and accelerate women in leadership as women suffer disproportionately from the pandemic PARIS (June…
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Lualaba Province Affirms Commitment to Strengthening Routine Immunization in Partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Seattle/Kinshasa, June 15, 2020 – Her excellency Fifi Masuka Saini, governor of Lualaba Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and Chris Elias, President of Global Development at…
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Infectious diseases
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledges $50 million to increase access to safe and affordable COVID-19 vaccines in lower-income countries
Foundation urgently calls for high-income countries to share at least 1 billion excess COVID-19 doses with lower-income countries in 2021 to accelerate global vaccine access and save lives SEATTLE, June…
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Economic opportunity
Postsecondary Value Commission Report Proposes Action to Address Disparities in Economic Returns to College with Regard to Race, Income and Gender
SEATTLE – May 12, 2021: The national Postsecondary Value Commission, supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and managed by the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP), released its…
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Infectious diseases
Bill and Melinda Gates call for collaboration, continued innovation to overcome challenges of delivering COVID-19 scientific breakthroughs to the world
Gates Foundation pledges additional $250 million to accelerate development and equitable distribution of COVID-19 tests, treatments, and vaccines to end the pandemic SEATTLE, December 9, 2020 – The Bill &…
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Infectious diseases
Gates Foundation announces new funds to develop COVID-19 vaccines and increase access to affordable vaccines in low-income countries
Speaking at the Paris Peace Forum today, Melinda Gates will commit an additional $70 million and urge accelerated global action to end pandemic for everyone, everywhere PARIS, November 12, 2020…
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At 2020 Grand Challenges Annual Meeting, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Grand Challenges Partners Announce New Initiatives to Advance Global Health Innovation
Researchers and scientists from around the world convene to accelerate R&D to address COVID-19 and other global health challenges SEATTLE, October 19, 2020 – The Grand Challenges Annual Meeting (19-21…
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