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WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a significant move from research on male circumcision to full-scale implementation, the Male Circumcision Partnership is launching a massive scale-up of voluntary male circumcision services in Swaziland…

WASHINGTON — The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) is leading a new project, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to analyze the impact of aflatoxin contamination on…

WASHINGTON, DC — In recognition of the financial crisis hitting the poorest the hardest, the World Bank Group announced today a new venture to support the expansion of rural finance…

WASHINGTON, DC (June 3, 2009) – In his first speech to Congress, President Obama promised that “by 2020, America will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in…

SOFIA, Bulgaria — The Ministry of Culture and the United Nations Development Programme announced today the nationwide Glob@l Libraries – Bulgaria Programme supported by a USD 15 million grant from the Bill…

ST. LOUIS — Today, May 21st, the New America Foundation and Center for Social Development (CSD) at Washington University in St. Louis announced a new College Savings Initiative to examine…

Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: +1.206.709.3400Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced today more than $1.3 million in grants to help colleges in New York City…

LONDON — The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine has won the Gates Award for Global Health, and will receive $1 million in prize money. The award was established…

IDRCIsabelle Bourgeault-TasséPhone: +1-613 696-2343 The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Jack FischerPhone: +1-650 234-4500 x5744 DAKAR, Senegal – Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation,…

Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: +1.206.709.3400Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — Bill and Melinda Gates, co-chairs of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, released the following statement on the preview of President…