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| Sep 3, 2008 | Now Accepting Proposals for Grand Challenges Explorations Round 2
SEATTLE -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced today that it is now accepting grant proposals for Round 2 of Grand Challenges Explorations, a five-year US$100 million initiative to […] |
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| Aug 26, 2008 | Grants to Washington School Districts Will Help State's Youngest Learners Enter School Ready to Succeed
SEATTLE -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded $2,097,080 over two years to five Washington state school districts to help integrate programs for young children ages birth to 5 into K-12 education. |
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| Aug 18, 2008 | CSIS to Launch Center for Global Health Policy
Washington D.C. -- The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) is pleased to announce the launch of the CSIS Center for Global Health Policy. |
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| Aug 18, 2008 | Pitt Receives Grant to Help Stop Global Spread of Infectious Diseases
PITTSBURGH -- To help select new vaccines that will have the best chances of stopping global infectious disease outbreaks, the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health has received a $10 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. |
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| Aug 14, 2008 | Emergency Grants to Help People Most Affected by Global Food Crisis
SEATTLE -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced a $17.6 million package of grants to help people most affected by the global food crisis and support small-scale farmers in developing countries. |
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| Aug 13, 2008 | Mexican Organization Awarded Prize for Bringing Information and Technology to Remote, Indigenous Communities
SEATTLE -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today presented its 2008 Access to Learning Award of US$1 million to the Vasconcelos Program in Mexico's Veracruz state for its innovative efforts to connect people to information and knowledge through free access to computers, the Internet, and training. |
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| Aug 8, 2008 | Internet and Email Scams
Several scam emails claiming to be from or associated with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are circulating on the internet in many languages. |
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| Jul 31, 2008 | Our Beta Site Is Live!
We are pleased to announce the first release of our beta web site. |
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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... |
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| 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. |
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| Jul 22, 2008 | Foundation Celebrates Groundbreaking for New Headquarters
SEATTLE -- Melinda Gates, along with Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels and more than 500 guests, will mark the groundbreaking this morning for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's new headquarters. |
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| Jul 15, 2008 | Opportunity Online Grants Help Public Libraries Improve Quality of Free Computer Access Used by Millions of Americans
SEATTLE -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced today $8.1 million in grants to help public libraries in 11 states improve and sustain free, quality access to computers. |
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| 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. |
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| Jun 27, 2008 | ICGEB Recieves Grant to Strengthen and Expand Biosafety Systems in Subsaharan Africa
TRIESTE, Italy -- The International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) today announced a US $3 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help support the development of effective safety and regulatory systems for biotechnology in Africa. |
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| Jun 27, 2008 | United Way of King County Awarded Grant For Work to End Chronic Homelessness
SEATTLE--United Way of King County today announced the receipt of a $1 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support its Campaign to End Chronic Homelessness in King County. |
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| Jun 25, 2008 | EnterpriseWorks Receives Grant to Develop Low-Cost Domestic Rainwater Harvesting System
Washington, D.C. -- EnterpriseWorks today announced a five-year grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. |
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| Jun 24, 2008 | America's Newest High School Graduates Earn Diplomas, Celebrate Individual Achievements
SEATTLE -- As high school graduates are honored in communities across America for their accomplishments this spring, rising graduation rates are just one indicator of the success of thousands of high schools nationwide where students, regardless of income or ethnicity, are preparing for their next step in life. |
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| Jun 16, 2008 | Mercy Corps Launches Innovative Microfinance Program to Help Millions of People in Indonesia
PORTLAND, Ore. -- The global relief and development agency Mercy Corps today announced an innovative approach to poverty reduction in Indonesia and the Philippines that will support the growth of the microfinance sector. |
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| 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. |
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| May 12, 2008 | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Names Jeff Raikes to Serve as New CEO
SEATTLE -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has selected Jeff Raikes as the next CEO of the foundation. Raikes, formerly president of the Microsoft Business Division, will assume the role presently held by Patty Stonesifer on September 2, 2008. |
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