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Statement from Bill Gates in Support of the United Nations’ Global Polio Partners Summit
Trevor NeilsonBill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: 206-709-3100Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — Bill Gates, Co-Founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, issued the following statement in response to the opening of…
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Contributions allow Fremont Public Association to ‘Burn the Mortgage’
Kerry BischoffFremont Public AssociationPhone: 206.854.6533 SEATTLE — Everyone dreams of being able to “burn the mortgage.” One of Seattle’s largest human services organizations is literally blowing theirs up – all…
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Global Vaccine Fund Commits $150 Million in Vaccines and Funding over Five Years to 13 Developing Countries
Jacques-François Martin, PresidentGlobal Fund for Children’s VaccinesPhone: +33.4.78.42.63.89Email: [email protected] Lisa Jacobs, Communication OfficerGAVI SecretariatPhone: +41.22.909.5042Email: [email protected] GENEVA — The Global Fund for Children’s Vaccines will give more than US$150 million worth…
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Chess Mates Receives Grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to Support After-School Programs
Georgi Orlov, Executive DirectorChess Mates FoundationPhone: 206.789.9614Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — The Chess Mates Foundation will be able to grow its after-school scholastic chess programs in six Seattle-area school districts this…
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Gandhi Institute Receives US$5 Million Grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Gandhi Institute of Computer Education and InformationPhone: 91.11.366.4924 NEW DEHLI — The Gandhi Institute will receive a US$5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support the…
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Bill Gates Visits New Delhi Clinic To Encourage Final Push To Eradicate Polio
Susan Durgan (in U.S.)APCO WorldwidePhone: 206.239.0155Email: [email protected] NEW DELHI, India — Bill Gates, Co-Founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, today visited an NDMC Maternal & Child Health Chanakyapuri…
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Yukon receives $298,500 from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to increase access to the Internet in public libraries
Julie OuromManager of Yukon Public LibrariesPhone: 867.667.5447, Email: [email protected] WHITEHORSE, Yukon — Public libraries in the Yukon have received a $298,500 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Education…
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UW establishes first Endowed Chair for Women’s Sports Medicine and Lifetime Fitness
Walter NearyUniversity of WashingtonPhone: 206.685.3841, Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — As many of the world’s leading female athletes descend on the Olympic Games in Sydney, the University of Washington School of…
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Management Sciences for Health Receives $29.9 Million Grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Annemarie SeldonBSMG WorldwidePhone: 617.369.9213Email: [email protected] Penelope RiseboroughManagement Sciences for HealthPhone: 617.524.7799Email: [email protected] BOSTON — Management Sciences for Health (MSH) will use a $29.9 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates…
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Baltimore Researchers Receive $40 Million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Dennis OShea Johns Hopkins UniversityPhone: 410.516.7160 Ellen Beth Levitt University of Maryland School of MedicinePhone: 410.328.8919 BALTIMORE — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded grants of $20 million each…