News Type: Press Release

Bruce BobbinsNational Academy Foundation  Phone: 212.981.5190 Carolyn Kresky National Academy Foundation Phone: 212.635.2400 ext. 262 The National Academy Foundation (NAF), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Weill Family Foundation…

Statement by Bill and Melinda Gates Upon Notification of Receiving the Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation 2006 “We are honored to receive the prestigious Prince of Asturias Award…

GENEVA — New international Child Growth Standards for infants and young children released today by the World Health Organization (WHO) provide evidence and guidance for the first time about how…

ACCRA, Ghana –- The international INDEPTH Network announced today the establishment of a new initiative, the Malaria Clinical Trials Alliance (MCTA), that will help conduct clinical trials of new drugs…

Mayor Richard M. Daley’s Press OfficePhone: 312.744.3334 Barbara SemedoBill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: 206.709.3400Email: [email protected] CHICAGO — Mayor Richard M. Daley today announced an investment of $21 million for Chicago…

From left to right: Foundation presidents Sylvia Mathews, Tachi Yamada, and Allan Golston To: Our PartnersFrom: Patty Stonesifer Over the past year, we at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have…

Sean Walsh Phone: 1.866.303.7457 SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Amid mounting national concern over the state of America’s high schools, more than 50 education organizations, districts, and schools across the country have…

Alicia ChapmanUnited Way  Phone: 253.597.6686 TACOMA, Wash. — United Way of Pierce County is excited to announce a $1 million pledge from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for the 2006…

SEATTLE — PATH today announced a new program aimed at preventing pneumonia, a major childhood illness that causes the deaths of up to one million children every year—primarily in developing…

BEIJING — A trio of new books from the Fogarty International Center of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, the World Bank, and the World Health Organization outline a stark picture…