News Type: Press Release

SEATTLE (March 1, 2013) — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has appointed Dr. Mairo Mandara as Country Representative to Nigeria. A consultant obstetrician and gynecologist, Dr. Mandara has extensive…

New York, (February 28, 2013) – Michael R. Bloomberg today announced a $100 million donation to support polio eradication efforts through Bloomberg Philanthropies. The donation will help fund the Global…

27 February 2013, Leverkusen, Germany – An unprecedented group of public and private sector partners has finalized an agreement that will make Jadelle®, an effective, long-acting, reversible contraceptive implant, available…

SEATTLE (February 26, 2013) — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced that Dr. David Shoultz has been appointed Director of Grantee and Partner Engagement. Previously a Deputy Director…

SEATTLE (February 8, 2013) — Our sympathy goes out to the victims and their families who were caught up in this morning’s terrible attack in Nigeria’s Kano State. Any attack…

SEATTLE (February 4, 2013) — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced the winner of the second Gates Vaccine Innovation Award. The announcement was made in Bill Gates’ fifth annual…

PHOENIX (January 8, 2013) – The Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) project, a three-year study designed to determine how to best identify and promote great teaching, today released its third…

SEATTLE (January 8, 2013) — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced that Dr. Penny M. Heaton has been named Director of Vaccine Development within the Global Health Program.…

SEATTLE – The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is seeking great ideas from community-based organizations in Washington state to help strengthen efforts to reduce local poverty. The foundation is doing…

SEATTLE, WA— In recognition of transformative work happening in communities across the country, and to help expand access to a high quality education, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today…