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Northwestern University Receives Gates Grant – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
EVANSTON, Ill. — Northwestern University has received a four-year, $4.9 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop and produce affordable diagnostic devices for infectious diseases plaguing…
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Powerful New HIV Prevention Methods in Sight, but Major Hurdles Remain, say Experts
TORONTO, — In a new report released today, fifty top AIDS experts warn that a range of promising new HIV prevention approaches are nearing completion of clinical trials, but the world…
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Bill and Melinda Gates: We Need to Put the Power of HIV Prevention in the Hands of Women
Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: 206.709.3400Email: [email protected] TORONTO –- Bill and Melinda Gates today called upon world leaders to “put the power to prevent HIV in the hands of women”…
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Global Fund Announces $500 Million Contribution From Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Rosie VanekThe Global Fund (Geneva)Phone: + 41.22.791.5951 Jon LidénThe Global Fund (Geneva)Phone: + 41.22.791.1723 GENEVA — The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria announced today that it has…
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Scholarships Providing Greater Access to Higher Education and Career Success for Minority Students
Mary WilliamsGates Millennium ScholarsPhone: 703.205.2041 Fairfax, Va. — As part of its work to increase college access and opportunities for more students across America, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation…
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Statewide Fund Announces New 10-Year Grants to Help Reduce Family Homeless
Betsy Lieberman AIDS Housing of WashingtonPhone: 206.322.9444E-mail: [email protected] Allison DavisGMMBPhone: 206.352.8598E-mail: [email protected] TACOMA, Wash. — Today, the Washington Families Fund, a one-of-a-kind public-private partnership created to expand the availability of…
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Hopkins’ CCP Launches New Advocacy Program to Promote Global Action on Malaria
BALTIMORE — A new advocacy initiative led by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs (CCP) today initiated an urgent global call to action for a…
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University of Leeds receives Gates Foundation Grant for Material Approach to Malaria Prevention
Every year there are more than 350 million new cases of malaria, but a revolutionary mosquito net being developed by Leeds textile experts with funding from the Bill & Melinda…
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Foundation Funds Major New Collaboration to Accelerate HIV Vaccine Development
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Phone: 206.709.3400Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced 16 grants totaling $287 million to create an international network of highly…
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State, Corporations and Philanthropy Complete Agreement to Form Public-Private Partnership for Early Learning
Governor Gregoire’s Communications OfficePhone: 360.902.4136 SEATTLE –- The state’s top government, business and philanthropic leaders today announced the formation of Thrive by Five, the Washington Early Learning Fund. This new public-private…