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Initiatives
Bill Gates Names Winners of the Reinvent the Toilet Challenge
Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: +1.206.709.3400Email: [email protected] SEATTLE (August 14, 2012) – Bill Gates today announced the winners of the Reinvent the Toilet Challenge—an effort to develop “next-generation” toilets that…
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People
Statement on Warren Buffett’s Announcement — Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
“We are awed by our friend Warren Buffett’s decision to use his fortune to address the world’s most challenging inequities, and we are humbled that he has chosen to direct…
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Infectious diseases
Anti-Blindness Campaign Cuts Disease Prevalence In Half Among Millions In Poorest Regions Of Tanzania, Morocco
Amy EkolaInternational Trachoma Initiative (in Switzerland)Phone: +41.22.731.6250 GENEVA and NEW YORK — In a groundbreaking advance against the world’s leading cause of preventable blindness, the New York City-based International Trachoma…
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Maternal & child survival
Alliance for Cervical Cancer Prevention Receives $50 Million Gift From Bill and Melinda Gates
Helen GeorgesPATH (Program for Appropriate Technology in HealthPhone: 206.285.3500Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded $50 million to the Alliance for Cervical Cancer Prevention for…