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LOS BAÑOS, Philippines — Announced today, the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and national rice research institutes in Bangladesh and the Philippines have joined with Helen Keller International (HKI), a…

ST. LOUIS — The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center announced today that it has received an $8.3 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to advance its work…

Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: +1.206.709.3400Email: [email protected] International Rice Research InstituteSophie ClaytonOffice Phone: +63.2.580.5600 ext. 2204Mobile Phone: +63.917.552.6082 SEATTLE — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced two grants…

Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: +1.206.709.3400Email: [email protected] WASHINGTON, D.C. — At the request of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will prepare…

Sebastian LeschBMZ+49.30.18535.2452 BERLIN — German Development Minister, Dirk Niebel, met today with Bill Gates, Co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, in Berlin. During this meeting, they signed an…

Robert HaegelenOtto GroupPhone: +49 40-6461-3129 AmCham GermanyPatricia LimburgPhone: +49 69 929104-40 BERLIN — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will be honored for its worldwide commitment to philanthropy through the…

Karoline LercheONEPhone: +49.30.319.891.570 BERLIN — Bill Gates will visit Berlin today to share the proof that smart aid works. He will introduce “Living Proof,” a campaign designed to challenge common…

KINSHASA, Congo — In an effort to drastically improve the chances of children reaching their fifth birthday, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) today stepped up its immunization programme by…

ONE-FranceVerena von Derschau+33.06.31.22.89.68 PARIS — Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will visit Paris today at an important time before France hosts the G8/G20 for the French launch of the…

Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: +1.206.709.3400Email: [email protected] The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s thoughts are with the people of Japan in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that…