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Allan Golston, president of U.S. Programs at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, shares how the foundation and its partners are supporting U.S. students during COVID-19.
Andrew Trister, deputy director of Digital Health and Innovation at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, shares how programmers and technologists are developing tools that track and test for COVID-19.
CEO Mark Suzman writes about a virtual summit, which brought together people, organizations, and businesses to raise $8 billion for the COVID-19 response.
Victoria Vrana, a deputy director on the Philanthropic Partnerships team, shares about the launch of PowerOf, a new online platform that connects people eager to make a difference with organizations…
SEATTLE, May 4, 2020 – Earlier today at the Coronavirus Global Response Summit, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a commitment of $125 million towards the international collective effort…
Trevor Mundel provides an update on the COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator’s progress in research, manufacturing, and testing. Mundel leads the foundation’s efforts to develop high-impact interventions against the leading causes of…
Developing and manufacturing a vaccine against COVID-19 is only part of the solution. Coordination, political will, and the infrastructure to support equitable vaccine is distribution will be essential to the…
Dr. Toni Hoover, director of Strategy, Planning, and Management for Global Health at the Gates Foundation, shares what the CoVig Alliance means for the wider fight against COVID-19—and the foundation’s…
Jean Kagubare, deputy director for Health Systems Design, shares the importance of investing in primary health care (PHC) as part of the global response to COVID-19. By strengthening basic health…
On Friday, April 17, Mark Suzman, CEO of the Gates Foundation, joined a conference call with The Optimist subscribers to discuss the foundation’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Listen to…
