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September 23, 2024
Gates Foundation Celebrates Children’s Health and Nutrition Champions at Goalkeepers 2024: Recipe for Progress
Honorees include Brazil’s President Lula and 10 leaders working to improve health and nutrition in their communities.
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September 16, 2024
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Gates Foundation Report Calls for Targeted Global Health Spending to Save Millions of Children from Malnutrition and Disease
New modeling shows 40 million more children will suffer from hunger’s worst effects by 2050 due to climate change, but immediate action could instead boost health, spur economic growth.
September 20, 2023
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Gates Foundation Announces $1.27B in Health and Development Commitments to Advance Progress Toward the Global Goals
Awardees include Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter, Bono, activists from Cameroon, Ethiopia and the U.S.
September 12, 2023
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Gates Foundation Goalkeepers Report Says Seven Innovations Could Save Two Million Mothers and Babies by 2030
Melinda French Gates and Bill Gates call for urgent action to advance progress on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals; shine a spotlight on reducing maternal and child mortality
September 21, 2022
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Gates Foundation Announces $1.27B in Health and Development Commitments to Advance Progress Toward the Global Goals
First in-person Goalkeepers event since 2019 convenes global changemakers to highlight the urgency of achieving a more equitable world by 2030.
September 20, 2022
Gates Foundation Honors Four Leaders With 2022 Goalkeepers Global Goals Awards for Their Inspiring Efforts to Drive Progress for All
Gates Foundation Honors Four Leaders With 2022 Goalkeepers Global Goals Awards for Their Inspiring Efforts to Drive Progress for All
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September 12, 2022
Gates Foundation Goalkeepers Report Says Progress Still Possible Despite Setbacks to Global Goals
New Gates Foundation Report Highlights Remarkable Progress Against Global Poverty and Disease, Warns Future Progress in Jeopardy
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May 9, 2022
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Appoints New Members to Goalkeepers Advisory Group to Accelerate Progress Towards Global Goals
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September 20, 2021
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Honors Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Former Executive Director of UN Women, With 2021 Global Goalkeeper Award
Foundation also recognizes three additional Goalkeepers Global Goals award winners who are taking action to help achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
September 13, 2021
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Gates Foundation’s Annual Goalkeepers Report Finds Stark Disparities in COVID-19 Impacts
New data reveals world stepped up to prevent worst-case scenarios from happening; spotlights need for long-term investments to ensure an equitable recovery and continued progress toward the Global Goals.
September 22, 2020
Gates Foundation Honors Director of Africa CDC With 2020 Global Goalkeeper Award
Foundation also announces three Global Goals award winners and launches two innovative partnerships to address COVID-19 impacts in Kenya.
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September 15, 2020
Gates Foundation’s Annual Goalkeepers Report Shows COVID-19 Has Stalled 20 Years of Progress, Calls for Global Response to End the Pandemic
Report shows how economic damage has reinforced inequities and derailed achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals; spotlights countries innovating to meet challenges.
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September 25, 2019
Prime Minister Ardern and Prime Minister Sánchez to join Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates at Goalkeepers 2019 in New York City
Today, Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates, co-chairs of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will co-host the third annual Goalkeepers event in New York City. This event convenes global leaders to recognize the progress that’s been made in global health and development and highlight the critical importance of closing the global inequality gap to achieve the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (Global Goals). New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, and other emerging and established leaders from around the world will be participating.
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September 25, 2019
Goalkeepers Global Goals Awards Presented in New York on September 24
Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates, co-chairs of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, co-hosted the fourth annual Goalkeepers Global Goals Awards on September 24 in New York to celebrate outstanding work around the world that is directly linked to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (Global Goals).
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September 17, 2019
Gates Foundation Report Spotlights New Data on Global Inequality, Calls to Prioritize Those Being Left Behind
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today launched its third annual Goalkeepers Data Report, which features new data showing that while progress on health and development continues unabated, global inequality remains a major barrier to achieving the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (Global Goals).
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May 22, 2019
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Appoints Goalkeepers Advisory Board to Accelerate Progress on the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced the appointment of a new advisory board to help shape the direction of Goalkeepers, a multiyear initiative dedicated to accelerating progress on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (Global Goals).
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September 26, 2018
President Bio, President Macron, and Prime Minister Solberg Join Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates at Goalkeepers 2018 in New York City
Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates, co-chairs of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, co-hosted the second annual Goalkeepers events on September 25 and 26 to highlight the remarkable progress toward the reduction of extreme poverty, and the need to accelerate efforts to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (Global Goals.) They were joined by H.E. Julius Maada Bio, president of Sierra Leone; President Emmanuel Macron of France; Prime Minister Erna Solberg of Norway; United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed; and many established and emerging leaders from around the world.
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September 18, 2018
Gates Foundation Report Says Demographic Trends Threaten Global Progress, Calls for Increased Focus on Health and Education in Poorest Countries
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today launched its second annual Goalkeepers Data Report, pointing to demographic trends that could stall unprecedented progress in reducing global poverty. While 1 billion people have lifted themselves out of poverty over the past 20 years, rapid population growth in the poorest countries, particularly in Africa, puts future progress at risk. If current trends continue, the number of extremely poor people in the world could stop its two-decade decline—and could even rise.
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September 20, 2017
Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates Host Inaugural ‘Goalkeepers’ Event to Engage a New Generation of Leaders in the Fight Against Poverty and Disease
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, President Barack Obama, Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan, Her Majesty and UN Secretary-General Special Advocate Queen Máxima of the Netherlands and Nobel Peace Prize winners Leymah Gbowee and Malala Yousafzai today joined forces with Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates at the inaugural Goalkeepers event to highlight world progress and outline a path to a more prosperous, healthy and just future.
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September 13, 2017
New Gates Foundation Report Highlights Remarkable Progress Against Global Poverty and Disease, Warns Future Progress in Jeopardy
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today launched an inaugural annual report showcasing the remarkable progress that has been made in reducing extreme poverty and disease in recent decades, but issuing a stern warning to the world that future progress is in jeopardy.
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