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Urban Enterprise Center Receives Multi-Year Funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Herman McKinneyUrban Enterprise CenterPhone: 206.389.7263 SEATTLE — The Urban Enterprise Center (UEC) a nonprofit program of the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce’s Center for Community Service announced today a three-year…
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US-Zambian Collaboration Receives $4 Million To Establish Electronic Obstetric And Newborn Medical Record In Lusaka, Zambia
Jeffrey Stringer, MD / Moses Sinkala MD, MPHCentre for Infectious Disease Research in ZambiaPhone: 260.1.225.141Email: [email protected] LUSAKA, Zambia — Investigators from the Center for Research in Women's Health at the…
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Washington State Achievers Program Announces Inaugural Class of 1,000 College Scholarship Winners
Ann Ramsay JenkinsWashington Education Foundation Phone: 425.416.2000Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — The Washington State Achievers Program today awarded its first four-year college scholarships to approximately 1,000 high school juniors and seniors…
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GAVI and Vaccine Fund Approve Awards to 11 More Countries;5-Year Commitments Now Exceed $600 Million
Lisa Jacobs, GAVI Secretariat Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI)Phone: +41.22.909.5042 LONDON — The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) and the Vaccine Fund have approved a fourth…
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Leading Public Health Experts Call for Substantial Increases in Resources for HIV Prevention
NEW YORK — On the eve of the UN Special Session on AIDS, more than 130 leading international public health experts and top health officials from more than 15 countries…
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Announces $100 Million Commitment to the Global Fund For AIDS and Health
Jacquelline FullerBill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: 206.709.3400Email: [email protected] BRUSSELS, Belgium — Signaling that stopping the transmission of AIDS is the foundation’s top global health priority, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation…
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International Rescue Committee, Mercy Corps and Save The Children Receive $1 Million for Relief Efforts in Afghanistan
Carol PineauSave the ChildrenPhone: 202.293.4678, Email: [email protected] Lynn RenkenMercy CorpsPhone: 503.796.6840, Email: [email protected] Melissa Winkler International Rescue Committee Phone: 212.551.0972, Email: [email protected] NEW YORK, PORTLAND, Ore., SEATTLE, WASHINGTON — The International Rescue…
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Names United Way Executive to Lead Pacific Northwest Grant Making
Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: 206.709.3400Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced today that Jaime Garcia, vice president of community services for United Way of King…
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Announces Increase in Endowment
Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: 206-709-3400Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced today that in the first half of the year, Bill and Melinda Gates have…
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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Announces Grant for the Elimination of Epidemic Meningitis in Sub-Saharan Africa
Evan SimpsonProgram for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH)Phone: 206.285.3500Email: [email protected] Mahenau AghaVaccines and Biological, World Health Organization (WHO)Phone: 41.22.791.2232Email: [email protected] WASHINGTON — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced today a…