News Type: Press Release

Joanne Hasegawa, Institute for OneWorld HealthPhone: 415.421.4700 ext. 322Email: [email protected] Sedef Onder, The Halo ProjectPhone: 212.699.3761 (office) 212.464.7332 (mobile)Email:  [email protected] SAN FRANCISCO — The Institute for OneWorld Health, the first nonprofit…

Aman Gupta, for AvahanPhone: +91.124.5061812/13 (office), +91.98100.91402 (mobile)Email: [email protected] Nitin Srivastava, for AvahanPhone: +91.11.5166.4401 (office), +91.98115.70620 (mobile)Email: [email protected] MUMBAI, India — Richard Gere and Parmeshwar Godrej launched the ‘Heroes Project’ today…

Elizabeth MilbankPhone: +1-212-584-5022 The Global HIV Prevention Working Group today issued the first major report to examine global HIV prevention needs in a time of expanding treatment access. The report, HIV…

Patti PiersonBill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: 206.709.3400Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — Patty Stonesifer, Co-chair & President of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, issued the following statement today on the G-8’s endorsement…

Victor Zonana, BVGH Phone: +1.917.497.3939Email: [email protected] Global Health Strategies Web site: www.ghstrat.com SAN FRANCISCO — The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) today announced the launch of BIO Ventures for Global Health (BVGH), a…

Mary WilliamsGates Millennium ScholarsPhone: 703.205.2041Email: [email protected]   FAIRFAX, Va. — The Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS) program announced its newest class of scholarship recipients. With these awards, 1,000 highly motivated low-income minority students…

The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF said today that an ambitious plan to vaccinate millions of children against measles in Sudan’s troubled Darfur region began over the weekend. The…

Patti PiersonBill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: +1.206.709.3400Email: [email protected] Global Health Council Web site:www.globalhealth.org WASHINGTON — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced today that the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC)…

Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: 206.709.3400Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced that Martha Choe has been named director of the Global Libraries program, an…

NEW YORK — An urgent UNICEF campaign to immunize millions of children against measles in the troubled Darfur region of Sudan has received a major boost from the Bill &…