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Global Health Announcements
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| Jul 30, 2008 | Bill & Melinda Gates Congratulate President and Congressional Leaders on Signing of AIDS, TB, and Malaria Funding Reauthorization Bill
President George W. Bush today signed legislation that reauthorizes the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and other global health funding. In response, Bill and Melinda Gates, co-chairs of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, made the following statement... |
| | Jul 23, 2008 | Michael Bloomberg and Bill Gates Join to Combat Global Tobacco Epidemic
NEW YORK -- Michael Bloomberg and Bill Gates today announced joint efforts to combat the global tobacco epidemic. |
| | Jul 8, 2008 | Gates Foundation Welcomes G8 Commitments and Urges Follow-Through to Address Problems Affecting the World's Poor
Seattle -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation welcomes the renewed commitment by leaders of the Group of Eight countries to address some of the world's most pressing health and development challenges. |
| | May 21, 2008 | Pioneering Eye Surgery Network Receives 2008 Gates Award for Global Health
SEATTLE -- In recognition of its groundbreaking work to prevent debilitating blindness and provide affordable, world-class eye care to the poor, the Aravind Eye Care System, based in Tamil Nadu, India, has won the 2008 Gates Award for Global Health. |
| | Apr 17, 2008 | Canadian HIV Vaccine Initiative—Funding Opportunity
OTTAWA, Ontario -- An "Invitation to Submit Applications" for a pilot scale HIV vaccine manufacturing facility in Canada for clinical trial lots is being released today. |
| | Apr 7, 2008 | USC Annenberg's Hollywood, Health, and Society Receives Grants to Launch New Initiatives
LOS ANGELES -- Two prestigious new grants, including a grant to the University of Southern California from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, are expanding the scope and ambition of Hollywood, Health & Society (HH&S), the pioneering health communication program working with the television and film community, now in its seventh year at the USC Annenberg School for Communication's Norman Lear Center. |
| | Mar 31, 2008 | Now Accepting Proposals for Grand Challenges Explorations
SEATTLE -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced today that it is now accepting grant proposals for the first round of Grand Challenges Explorations, a US$100 million initiative to encourage bold and unconventional global health solutions. |
| | Mar 26, 2008 | Statement on Noguchi Africa Prize Recipients
The Government of Japan announced today that Dr. Brian Greenwood and Dr. Miriam Were are recipients of the inaugural Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prizes. Dr. Tachi Yamada, president of the Bill & […] |
| | Mar 25, 2008 | UW-Madison, Lentigen to Collaborate on Influenza Research Project
MADISON, Wis. -- The University of Wisconsin-Madison has received a $1.3 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support research aimed at understanding the molecular features that lead to influenza pandemics. |
| | Mar 7, 2008 | London School of Hygiene Celebrates New Funding to Fight Malaria, HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis
LONDON -- The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) has received grants funding totalling $46.4 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), and $12.7 million from other partners, to help find new and effective ways of treating and preventing malaria, tuberculosis (TB) and HIV/AIDS. |
| | Mar 7, 2008 | LSTM to Lead Research Program Into Malaria in Pregnancy
LIVERPOOL, England -- The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine has received a $30 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to improve the control and treatment of malaria in pregnancy in Africa, Asia and Latin America. |
| | Mar 7, 2008 | Update on Gates Foundation Malaria Grants
I'm pleased to let you know that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation recently awarded 13 new grants―totaling nearly $200 million―to help fight malaria. |
| | Mar 3, 2008 | Proposals Sought for Innovative Global Health Research
SEATTLE -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced today that beginning March 31, 2008, it will accept grant proposals for the first funding round of Grand Challenges Explorations, a new US$100 million initiative to help scientists across the globe pursue ideas that have never before been tested for solving major health problems. |
| | Feb 29, 2008 | Statement on House Committee Action on Global AIDS, TB, and Malaria
This bipartisan bill is an important step toward renewing and strengthening the U.S. commitment to fighting AIDS, TB, and malaria―diseases that, together, kill nearly five million people every year. |
| | Feb 20, 2008 | Statement on U.S. Effort to Fight Neglected Tropical Diseases
SEATTLE -- Today, President George W. Bush proposed expanding U.S. efforts to fight neglected tropical diseases in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. |
| | Jan 22, 2008 | Dr. Rajeev Venkayya Joins Gates Foundation as Director of Global Health Delivery
SEATTLE -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced today that Dr. Rajeev Venkayya has joined the Global Health Program as director of Global Health Delivery. |
| | Jan 16, 2008 | New Research Shows Nutrition Programs Targeting Pregnancy and First 24 Months of Life Dramatically Improve Child Survival and Overall Health
WASHINGTON -- A landmark series of research papers on maternal and child undernutrition published in the leading international medical journal The Lancet today shows that children will suffer irreversible damage into their adult life if proper nutrition interventions are not delivered before the age of 24 months. |
| | Jan 16, 2008 | Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition Receives Grant to Save Children's Lives with Healthy Foods
WASHINGTON -- GAIN will use the grant to work with private companies and public-private partnerships to introduce nutritious foods for infants and young children between 6 and 24 months of age. |
| | Jan 11, 2008 | PATH Launches New Vaccine Research Program for Pandemic Influenza
SEATTLE and WASHINGTON, D.C. -- With global health leaders increasingly concerned about the near-term possibility of an influenza pandemic, PATH today announced a new program to support rapid development of vaccines to protect against a future outbreak that could swiftly spread around the globe in today's highly mobile and connected world. |
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