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Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: +1.206.709.3400Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — “Today marks a huge victory in the fight to protect all children from vaccine-preventable diseases, no matter where they live. With…

Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: +1.206.709.3400Email: [email protected] UNICEFChristian MoenPhone: +1.212.326.7516Mobile: +1.917.299.1041 WHOSona BariPhone: +41.22.791.1476Mobile: +41.79.475.5511 GENEVA — Despite the dramatic drop in polio cases in the last year, the threat…

Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: +1.206.709.3400Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announces grants to nine community philanthropic partners in the Pacific Northwest to re-grant foundation…

Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: +1.206.709.3400Email: [email protected] We welcome Prime Minister David Cameron’s announcement that the U.K. will hold a major event on hunger and malnutrition during the London 2012 Olympics. We…

Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: +1.206.709.3400Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — Bill Gates commended today’s announcement by President Obama of investment in Africa’s agriculture to help millions of people lift themselves out of…

Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: +1.206.709.3400Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, through its Grand Challenges Explorations initiative, today announced over 100 new grants of US$100,000 each…

Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: +1.206.709.3400Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced today that Ashok Alexander will step down from his position as Director of the…

Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: +1.206.709.3400Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is now accepting nominations for the second annual Gates Vaccine Innovation Award. The award aims…

Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: +1.206.709.3400Email: [email protected] BRASÍLIA, Brazil – The Brazilian Ministry of Health today announced a strategic alliance with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to prioritize the…

Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: +1.206.709.3400Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced that Kurt Fischer has been named Chief Human Resources Officer. He will also…