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New Fund Announces First Awards to Agencies Helping Homeless Families and Children Statewide
Kathy GiglioCTED Housing Division360.725.2939 Kara PalmerBill & Melinda Gates Foundation206.709.3400 SPOKANE, Wash. — The Washington Families Fund, a public-private partnership to expand the availability of housing-based services for the state’s…
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Ten U.S. States Named ‘Honor States’
John Blacksten or Jodi OmearPhone: 202.624.5334 or in Des Moines (July 14-18) 515.280.8548 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Capitalizing on the national momentum to dramatically increase high school graduation rates for all students in…
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Statement by Patty Stonesifer on President Bush’s Announcement of the G8 Initiative on Malaria
Jenny SorensenBill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: +1.206.709.3400 Email: [email protected] WASHINGTON — Today’s announcement by President George Bush of a U.S. commitment of new resources to malaria is an important step…
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International Medical Corps Receives Grant to Help Eastern Chad Cope with Darfur Emergency
Tim SmithInternational Medical Corps Phone: 1.310.826.7800 SANTA MONICA, Calif. — International Medical Corps (IMC) has received a one-year grant of $537,228 from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to provide residents…
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Grand Challenges in Global Health Initiative Selects 43 Groundbreaking Research Projects for More Than $436 Million in Funding
Charles PucieFoundation for the National Institutes of HealthPhone: +1.301.435.6248 SEATTLE — The Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative, a major effort to achieve scientific breakthroughs against diseases that kill millions of…
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U.S. Public Libraries Provide Access to Computers, the Internet, and Technology Training
John Bertot Florida State UniversityPhone: 850.644.8118 Kara PalmerBill & Melinda Gates Foundation Phone: 206.709.3400Email: [email protected] CHICAGO — Nearly every U.S. public library offers free access to computers and the Internet,…
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BIO Ventures for Global Health Announces Bill &Melinda Gates Foundation Grant to Expand Biotech Industry’s Role in Fight Against Neglected Diseases
Victor ZonanaBIO Ventures for Global HealthPhone: 917.497.3939 PHILADELPHIA — BIO Ventures for Global Health today announced it will expand its efforts to enlist biotechnology companies in the fight to improve global…
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ICRW Joins with African Parliamentarians to Battle HIV/AIDS
Sandra Bunch International Center for Research on Women Phone: 202.797.0007 WASHINGTON — The International Center for Research on Women and four key international partners will join forces with African parliamentarians to…
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Pan American Health and Education Foundation Receives $1.4 Million from Gates Foundation to Continue Support of Cervical Cancer Prevention Program in Peru
Dana WeckesserDirector of CommunicationsPan American Health and Education FoundationPhone: 202.974.3416Fax: 202.974.3636 WASHINGTON — The Pan American Health and Education Foundation (PAHEF) has received a $1.4 million grant from the Global Health…
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Community Input Sought on Transformation of Highline High Schools
Kathy McCabe Highline Schools Foundation for Excellence Phone: 206.248.5196 SEATTLE — The Highline Schools Foundation for Excellence today announced a grant of $300,000 from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to involve the…
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