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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Public Statement on the ECHO Trial Results
SOUTH AFRICA, June 13, 2019 – Today, the Evidence for Contraceptive Options and HIV Outcomes (ECHO) trial* released study results comparing the relative risk of HIV acquisition among women using…
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The Japan Sports Agency and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announce partnership to use the power of sport to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
TOKYO, JAPAN, November 9, 2018 – The Japan Sports Agency and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced a new partnership to utilize the momentum of the Olympic and…
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World leaders pledge US$1 billion to transform health and nutrition of world’s poorest women, children and adolescents
OSLO, NORWAY, November 6, 2018 – The Global Financing Facility (GFF) in Support of Every Woman Every Child today announced US$1.005 billion in contributions from the Bill & Melinda Gates…
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation opens new European office in Berlin
BERLIN, GERMANY, October 16, 2018 – The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced that it has opened a new European office in Berlin, its second in Europe following the establishment of its…
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Tanganyika Province Affirms Commitment to Strengthening Routine Immunization in Partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
SEATTLE, October 4, 2018 – Today, the honorable Mr. Richard Ngoy Kitangala, governor of Tanganyika Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and Chris Elias, President, Global Development…
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Haut-Lomami Province Affirms Commitment to Strengthening Routine Immunization in Partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
SEATTLE, October 4, 2018 – Today, the honorable Professor Jackson Kalenga Mwenzemi, governor of Haut-Lomami Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and Chris Elias, President, Global Development…
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Gates Foundation Poll Finds Young People More Optimistic About Future Than Older Generations; Optimism Highest in Lower- and Middle-Income Countries
SEATTLE, September 24, 2018 – The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced the results of its Goalkeepers Global Youth Poll, an opinion poll conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs ahead…
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Gates Foundation Names Carolyn Ainslie as Chief Financial Officer
SEATTLE, July 5, 2018 — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced that Carolyn Ainslie has been named chief financial officer, effective October 1, 2018. Currently, Ainslie is Vice…
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Plans for Third Building on Seattle Campus
SEATTLE, June 20, 2018 — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced plans to move forward with a third building at their headquarters located in downtown Seattle, across from Seattle…
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Global Financing Facility Replenishment Event to Be Co-hosted by Governments of Norway and Burkina Faso, World Bank Group, and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
OSLO, NORWAY, April 23, 2018 – Every year in 50 countries across the world, more than 5 million mothers and children die from preventable causes, and countries lose billions of…