News Type: Press Release

Susan Durgan (in U.S.)APCO WorldwidePhone: 206.239.0155Email: [email protected] NEW DELHI, India — Bill Gates, Co-Founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, today visited an NDMC Maternal & Child Health Chanakyapuri…

Julie OuromManager of Yukon Public LibrariesPhone: 867.667.5447, Email: [email protected] WHITEHORSE, Yukon — Public libraries in the Yukon have received a $298,500 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Education…

Walter NearyUniversity of WashingtonPhone: 206.685.3841, Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — As many of the world’s leading female athletes descend on the Olympic Games in Sydney, the University of Washington School of…

Annemarie SeldonBSMG WorldwidePhone: 617.369.9213Email: [email protected] Penelope RiseboroughManagement Sciences for HealthPhone: 617.524.7799Email: [email protected] BOSTON — Management Sciences for Health (MSH) will use a $29.9 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates…

Dennis OShea Johns Hopkins UniversityPhone: 410.516.7160 Ellen Beth Levitt University of Maryland School of MedicinePhone: 410.328.8919 BALTIMORE — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded grants of $20 million each…

Megan BowmanAPCO WorldwidePhone: 206.239.0138Email: [email protected] NEW YORK — The François-Xavier Bagnoud Foundation (FXB) will develop community-based programs in rural Rajasthan, India to stem the spread of HIV/AIDS and other sexually…

Dr. Ximena Luengo, M.D., Academic CoordinatorICMERPhone: 56 2 632.1988, Email: [email protected] SANTIAGO, Chile — The Instituto Chileno de Medicina Reproductiva (ICMER) has received a $2.8 million grant from the Bill…

Ms. Hilkka Vuorenmaa, Project CoordinatorFamily Federation of FinlandPhone: 358.9.2280 5110, Email: [email protected] HELSINKI, Finland — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded $1 million dollars to the Family Federation…

Raymond MacDougall, Publications DirectorGeorge Washington University Medical CenterPhone: 202.994.8069Email: [email protected] WASHINGTON — The George Washington University Medical Center (GWUMC) has signed an agreement with the Albert B. Sabin Vaccine Institute…

Kirsten Atik, Communications CoordinatorRichard Hugo HousePhone: 206.322.7030Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — At Richard Hugo House, a rambling three-story Victorian on Capitol Hill, Seattle’s literary community is celebrating a $180,000, three-year grant…