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Investment to Build Effective Charter Schools in Los Angeles
Laura NossAspire Public SchoolsPhone: 415.317.4070Email: [email protected] LOS ANGELES — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced a $5.7 million grant to Aspire Public Schools to create six new small charter…
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Statement on Signing of the Global AIDS Legislation
Jacquelline FullerBill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: 206.709.3400Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — Patty Stonesifer, Co-chair & President of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, issued the following statement today on the President’s signing…
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$3 Million Grant to Launch Network of Charter Schools in Northern California
Marie GroarkBill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: 206.709.3400Email: [email protected] SAN FRANCISCO — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced a $3 million investment in a creative partnership with Envision Schools, a nonprofit…
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$30 Million Research Effort to Develop New Tests for Deadly Infectious Diseases
GENEVA — In response to the critical need for new tools to detect infectious diseases, the UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) and the…
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Success of Innovative Urban Catholic School Sparks Major Investment
Jeff ThielmanCassin Educational Initiative FoundationPhone: 617.244.8512 (business)781.956.3589 (mobile)E-mail: [email protected] CHICAGO –- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Cassin Educational Initiative Foundation today announced plans to grant $18.9 million…
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Major Grant to Transform Educational Landscape in Indianapolis
Jo Lynn GaringCity of Indianapolis, Mayor’s OfficePhone: 317.327-3690 Mary AtteberryUniversity of IndianapolisPhone: 317.788.3310 INDIANAPOLIS — Mayor Bart Peterson and the Center of Excellence in Leadership of Learning (CELL) at the University…
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New Report from Leading AIDS Experts Documents Large Gap Between HIV Prevention Needs and Current Efforts
Andrew ShihPhone: 212.584.5012 Fewer than one in five people at risk of HIV infection today have access to prevention programs, and annual global spending on prevention falls $3.8 billion short…
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CDC Deputy Director David Fleming to Join Gates Foundation
Jacquelline FullerBill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: 206.709.3400Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced today that David Fleming, M.D., has been named director of the foundation’s Global Health…
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Financial Innovation Will Buy Vaccine To Help Eradicate Polio Worldwide
Phil HayWorld BankPhone 1: 202.473.1796- officePhone 2: 202.409.2909 – cellEmail: [email protected] Stevan JacksonWorld BankPhone 1: 202.458.5054- officePhone 2: 202.437.6295 – cell Email: [email protected] Vivian Fiore Rotary International Phone: 847.866.3234Email: [email protected]…
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Gates Foundation Calls for Strengthened Global Commitment to Fight Malaria
Jacquelline FullerBill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: 206.709.3400Email: [email protected] LONDON — At the WHO/UNICEF Africa Malaria Day observance in London today, Regina Rabinovich, MD, MPH, director of the Infectious Diseases program at…