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ROCKVILLE, MD — Nicole Achee, Ph.D., a research assistant professor in the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, and her team comprised…

BALTIMORE, MD — The Johns Hopkins University has received a $10 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to lead a consortium that will study ways to improve…

OTTAWA, Ontario — The Canadian HIV Vaccine Initiative (CHVI), a collaborative initiative launched by the Government of Canada and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in February 2007 to coordinate…

WASHINGTON — A new report from IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, says spending on health in Sub-Saharan Africa is expected to double over the next 10 years.…

NEW ORLEANS — New Schools for New Orleans, Teach For America, and New Leaders for New Schools today announced major new investments that will help them improve public education in…

GENEVA — The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) has received a $25.7 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to research and develop new medicines to treat…

MINNEAPOLIS — Public Radio International (PRI) announces that it has received a three-year, $5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to lead an unprecedented effort to produce and…

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has given UCSF researchers nearly $1.4 million to expand African research trials on an innovative anti-shock garment that aims to reduce maternal deaths in…

GENEVA, Switzerland — The International Labour Organization (ILO) today announced a partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation that aims to develop new kinds of insurance and improve existing…

Terry AbbottHISD Press OfficePhone: 713.556.6393 HOUSTON — Teachers, students, and parents in the Houston Independent School District will soon benefit from a new data system that will monitor individual student…