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Partnership with North American libraries gives millions access to the Internet
Carol RavaBill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: 206.709.3100Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — A collaborative effort between the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and North American libraries is more than halfway toward a…
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Announces $1 Million Award for Global Health
Laurel MacklinGlobal Health CouncilPhone: 202.833.5900Email: [email protected] Trevor NeilsonBill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: 206.709.3100Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is establishing a $1 million award to be given…
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Gives $4 Million to YWCA
Trevor NeilsonBill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: 206.739.3100, Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced it is donating $4 million to the YWCA of Seattle-King County…
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Infectious diseases
Anti-Blindness Campaign Cuts Disease Prevalence In Half Among Millions In Poorest Regions Of Tanzania, Morocco
Amy EkolaInternational Trachoma Initiative (in Switzerland)Phone: +41.22.731.6250 GENEVA and NEW YORK — In a groundbreaking advance against the world’s leading cause of preventable blindness, the New York City-based International Trachoma…
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Joins UNICEF And Kiwanis International To Eliminate Iodine Deficiency Disorders
Marissa BuckanoffU.S. Fund for UNICEFPhone: (212) 922-2485 NEW YORK — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded $15 million to the U.S. Fund for UNICEF toward its global efforts,…
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I Am Your Child Foundation Receives $1 Million Grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Chad H. GriffinI Am Your Child FoundationPhone: 310.285.2385, Email: [email protected] BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — The I Am Your Child Foundation (IAYC) received a $1 million gift from the Bill &…
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Thai-British University Collaboration to Receive $4.7 Million to Expand Promising Malaria Treatment in Thailand
Jacquelline FullerBill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: 206.709.3400Email: [email protected] BANGKOK, Thailand — Researchers from the Faculty of Tropical Medicine at Mahidol University in Thailand and from Oxford University in the United…
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Global Fund for Children’s Vaccine Approve Support to Eight More Countries; Five Year Commitment Now Exceeds $250 Million
Ivo GabaraAPCO WorldwidePhone: +32.478.217.149 Jim Jones, Executive Vice PresidentGlobal Fund for Children’s VaccinesPhone: +31.6.222.59.188 NOORDWIJK, the Netherlands — The Global Fund for Children’s Vaccines (Global Fund) today announced grants of more…
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Children’s Vaccine Advocates to Meet in the Netherlands to Share First Year Successes
Jacques-François Martin, PresidentGlobal Fund for Children’s Vaccines c/o ParteuropPhone: 33.4.78.42.63.89Email: [email protected] Lisa Jacobs, Communication Officer, GAVI Secretariat Phone: 41.22.909.5042Email: [email protected] NOORDWIJK, the Netherlands — One year after the creation of the…
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Program Launched to Break Cycle of Poverty in South King County
Katherine MorgasonMulti-Service CenterPhone: 253.838.6810Email: [email protected] KENT, Wash. — Hundreds of South King County residents have never experienced the basic building blocks of financial independence, such as opening a checking account…