News Type: Press Release

Dr Denise Costa Coitinho – Director WHO/Nutrition for Health and DevelopmentPhone: +41.22.791.2809 Dr Mercedes de Onis Phone: +41.22.791.3320 GENEVA — The World Health Organization (WHO) has received a six year,…

John Schidlovsky Phone: 202.663.7761   Email: [email protected]  WASHINGTON — The International Reporting Project (IRP) at The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) announced today that it has received a…

Marianne BichselMayor’s OfficePhone: 206.684.8878 SEATTLE — Katie Hong, director of the City of Seattle’s Office of Housing, is joining the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to become deputy director of its Pacific…

Karen Bosley Abused Deaf Women’s Advocacy ServicesPhone: 206.525.2843 SEATTLE — Abused Deaf Women’s Advocacy Services (ADWAS) announced the receipt of a $500,000 capital challenge grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates…

Rapid Response TeamWaggener EdstromPhone: 503.443.7070 SEATTLE — Bill Gates, co-founder and trustee of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, today announced that he will pledge to the family foundation all of…

Andrea Egan, PhD, IPTi Consortium Coordinator Centre de Salut Internacional, Hospital Clinic, Universitat de Barcelona Rossello 132, 2-2, 08036 Barcelona, Spain Phone: +34.93.454.8203 or +34.93.227.5706Fax: +34.93.227.9853Email: [email protected] BARCELONA, Spain —…

Trent StocktonSenior Media Relations RepresentativeJohns Hopkins MedicinePhone: +1 410.955.8665  Email: [email protected] BANGKOK – At the XV International AIDS Conference in Bangkok today, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a…

Mark Harrington Phone: +66.2.266.2345 BANGKOK – The Treatment Action Group (TAG) announced today at the XV International AIDS Conference the establishment of the TB/HIV Project.  The Project will work to…

Jon LidenGlobal Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and MalariaMobile: +41 792 44 6006 BANGKOK, Thailand — At the International AIDS Conference today, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced that it…

Karen N. Peart Phone: 203-432-1326 Email: [email protected] NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Yale University today announced that its Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA) has received a $2.1 million grant…