News Type: Press Release

We have recently expanded the Global Health channel of our Web site, https://www.gatesfoundation.org/global-health/Pages/overview.aspx. The updated channel features new information about the Global Health program’s grantmaking strategies, backgrounders on its areas of focus,…

Kathy GiglioCTED Housing Division360.725.2939                        Kara PalmerBill & Melinda Gates Foundation206.709.3400 SPOKANE, Wash. — The Washington Families Fund, a public-private partnership to expand the availability of housing-based services for the state’s…

John Blacksten or Jodi OmearPhone: 202.624.5334 or in Des Moines (July 14-18) 515.280.8548 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Capitalizing on the national momentum to dramatically increase high school graduation rates for all students in…

Jenny SorensenBill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: +1.206.709.3400 Email: [email protected] WASHINGTON — Today’s announcement by President George Bush of a U.S. commitment of new resources to malaria is an important step…

Tim SmithInternational Medical Corps Phone: 1.310.826.7800 SANTA MONICA, Calif. — International Medical Corps (IMC) has received a one-year grant of $537,228 from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to provide residents…

 Charles PucieFoundation for the National Institutes of HealthPhone: +1.301.435.6248 SEATTLE — The Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative, a major effort to achieve scientific breakthroughs against diseases that kill millions of…

John Bertot Florida State UniversityPhone: 850.644.8118 Kara PalmerBill & Melinda Gates Foundation  Phone: 206.709.3400Email: [email protected] CHICAGO — Nearly every U.S. public library offers free access to computers and the Internet,…

Victor ZonanaBIO Ventures for Global HealthPhone: 917.497.3939 PHILADELPHIA — BIO Ventures for Global Health today announced it will expand its efforts to enlist biotechnology companies in the fight to improve global…

Sandra Bunch International Center for Research on Women Phone: 202.797.0007 WASHINGTON — The International Center for Research on Women and four key international partners will join forces with African parliamentarians to…

Dana WeckesserDirector of CommunicationsPan American Health and Education FoundationPhone: 202.974.3416Fax: 202.974.3636 WASHINGTON — The Pan American Health and Education Foundation (PAHEF) has received a $1.4 million grant from the Global Health…