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Initiatives
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Honors Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Former Executive Director of UN Women, With 2021 Global Goalkeeper Award
Foundation also recognizes three additional Goalkeepers Global Goals Award winners who are taking action to help achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals SEATTLE, September 20, 2021 – The Bill &…
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Economic opportunity
Gates Foundation’s Annual Goalkeepers Report Finds Stark Disparities in COVID-19 Impacts
New data reveals world stepped up to prevent worst-case scenarios from happening; spotlights need for long-term investments to ensure an equitable recovery and continued progress toward the Global Goals SEATTLE…
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Infectious diseases
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledges $50 million to increase access to safe and affordable COVID-19 vaccines in lower-income countries
Foundation urgently calls for high-income countries to share at least 1 billion excess COVID-19 doses with lower-income countries in 2021 to accelerate global vaccine access and save lives SEATTLE, June…
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Economic opportunity
Postsecondary Value Commission Report Proposes Action to Address Disparities in Economic Returns to College with Regard to Race, Income and Gender
SEATTLE – May 12, 2021: The national Postsecondary Value Commission, supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and managed by the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP), released its…
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Infectious diseases
Statement from Gates Foundation CEO Mark Suzman: No barriers should stand in the way of equitable vaccine access
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has been working urgently since January 2020 with a range of partners to help COVID-19 vaccines reach as many people as possible, as quickly…
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Infectious diseases
Bill and Melinda Gates call for collaboration, continued innovation to overcome challenges of delivering COVID-19 scientific breakthroughs to the world
Gates Foundation pledges additional $250 million to accelerate development and equitable distribution of COVID-19 tests, treatments, and vaccines to end the pandemic SEATTLE, December 9, 2020 – The Bill &…
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Infectious diseases
Life Science Companies and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Commitments to Expanded Global Access for COVID-19 Diagnostics, Therapeutics, and Vaccines
30 September 2020 Joint Communique COVID-19’s existence anywhere poses a threat to communities everywhere. The health, social, and economic impacts can only be addressed through the collective actions of stakeholders…
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Infectious diseases
Statement from CEO Mark Suzman on Momentum in Global COVID 19 Response
SEATTLE, September 29, 2020 – The death toll from COVID-19 passed one million this week. It is a sobering moment. But there is cause for optimism as recent days have…
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Initiatives
Gates Foundation Honors Director of Africa CDC With 2020 Global Goalkeeper Award
Foundation also announces three Global Goals award winners and launches two innovative partnerships to address COVID-19 impacts in Kenya SEATTLE, September 21, 2020 – The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation…
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Initiatives
Gates Foundation’s Annual Goalkeepers Report Shows COVID-19 Has Stalled 20 Years of Progress, Calls for Global Response to End the Pandemic
Report shows how economic damage has reinforced inequities and derailed achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals; spotlights countries innovating to meet challenges SEATTLE, SEPTEMBER 14, 2020 – The Bill…
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