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Franci Phelan Joins the Foundation – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: +1.206.709.3400Email: [email protected] SEATTLE – The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced today that Franci Phelan joins the organization as chief human resources officer. Phelan comes…
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Bill Gates Publishes First Annual Letter – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: +1.206.709.3400Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, today released his first annual letter on the work of the…
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Foundation Invests in Research and Data Systems to Improve Student Achievement – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: +1.206.709.3400Email: [email protected] DALLAS — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced more than $22 million in investments in research and data systems. The grants…
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WHO Receives Funds for Children’s Medicines Research – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
GENEVA — WHO has received US$ 9.7 million in grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to work with UNICEF to conduct crucial research in children’s medicines, with the…
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Technology that Protects Lifesaving Vaccines from Freeze Damage – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Seattle — Scientists at PATH have developed a formulation method that protects vaccines from freeze damage and represents a critical step forward in ensuring the world’s children are receiving fully…
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Global Health Community Commits Over $630 Million in Aggressive Push for Polio Eradication
Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: +1.206.709.3400Email: [email protected] SAN DIEGO — Rotary International, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the British and German governments today committed more than $630 million…
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Take America to College – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
SEATTLE — Students whose stories illuminate America’s quest to raise college graduation rates are being invited to audition online for a speaking role in this national drama. The winners will star in…
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Dr. Peter Piot Joins Foundation as a Senior Fellow – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: +1.206.709.3400Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced today that Peter Piot, M.D., Ph.D., has joined the foundation’s Global Health Program as…
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Higher-yielding Rice Could Ease Threat of Hunger for Poor – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Los Baños, Philippines — An ambitious project to re-engineer photosynthesis in rice, led by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) through a global consortium of scientists, has received a grant…
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Map of Africa’s Soils to Offer Insights Critical for Food Production – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
NAIROBI, Kenya — Responding to sub-Saharan Africa’s soil health crisis, the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) announced today an ambitious new effort to produce the first-ever, detailed digital soil…