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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Opens 16th Round of Grand Challenges Explorations
SEATTLE (September 9, 2015) – The Grand Challenges Explorations grant program seeks bold ideas from innovative thinkers to solve the greatest challenges in global health and development. One great idea.…
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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Global Citizen and FC Barcelona Announce Partnership to Beat Extreme Poverty
SAN FRANCISCO (July 23, 2015) – FC Barcelona, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Global Citizen today announced they have joined forces and are launching a campaign called “Beat…
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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announces new $776 million investment in nutrition to tackle child mortality and help all women and children survive and thrive
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (June 3, 2015, 12:30pm CET) – Melinda Gates today urged European leaders to make the health and nutrition of women and children a top priority, and announced that…
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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to Fund Disease Surveillance Network in Africa and Asia to Prevent Childhood Mortality and Help Prepare for the Next Epidemic
SEATTLE (May 6, 2015) – At its Global Partners Forum, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will announce the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance Network (CHAMPS), a network of…
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New Chief Human Resources OfficerJoins Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
SEATTLE (April 9, 2015) – The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced that Steven Rice will join as Chief Human Resources Officer. Rice joins the foundation from Juniper Networks,…
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Emilio Emini Director of HIV
SEATTLE (April 6, 2015) — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced that Emilio Emini, Ph.D, has been named director of HIV for the Global Health program. He will assume…
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New Chief Digital Officer Joins Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
SEATTLE, WA, USA (March 19, 2015) – The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced that Todd Pierce will join the organization in the newly created role of Chief Digital…
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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and CureVac Collaborate to Accelerate the Development of Transformative Vaccine Technology
SEATTLE, WA, USA and TÜBINGEN, GERMANY (March 5, 2015) – The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and CureVac today announced that the foundation has made a commitment to invest $52…
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Janet Echelman’s ‘IMPATIENT OPTIMIST’ Aerial Sculpture Unveiled at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Seattle Campus
SEATTLE (February 10, 2015) — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today unveiled an outdoor aerial sculpture on its Seattle campus by the American artist Janet Echelman titled “Impatient Optimist.” Visible from…
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Hundreds of Millions More Children to Receive Protection against Deadly Diseases, a Chance at a Healthy Future
BERLIN (January 27, 2015) — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced a five-year, US$1.55 billion commitment to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, to bring life-saving vaccines to children in the world’s…