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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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Initiatives
Gates Foundation Commits $2.1 Billion to Advance Gender Equality Globally
Commitments at the Generation Equality Forum will advance women’s economic empowerment, strengthen health and family planning, and accelerate women in leadership as women suffer disproportionately from the pandemic PARIS (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
Gates Foundation announces new funds to develop COVID-19 vaccines and increase access to affordable vaccines in low-income countries
Speaking at the Paris Peace Forum today, Melinda Gates will commit an additional $70 million and urge accelerated global action to end pandemic for everyone, everywhere PARIS, November 12, 2020…
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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’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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