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    UW-Madison awarded $9.5 million for influenza research  Nov 20, 2009
    5 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for influenza virus research, it was announced Thursday. Yoshihiro Kawaoka, UW-Madison professor of virology, is leading the team of international researchers charged with identifying viral mutations. (The Digital Cardinal, WI)

    Pittsburgh schools hail 'historic moment'  Nov 19, 2009
    The Pittsburgh school board last night voted to accept a $40 million teacher-effectiveness grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, clearing the way for a new chapter in the district's four-year-old improvement campaign. "This is an historic moment for the Pittsburgh Public Schools," board President Theresa Colaizzi said of the grant, described as the largest-ever given directly to the district. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)

    City schools get $40 million from Gates Foundation  Nov 18, 2009
    In what officials said would be the largest grant ever made directly to the Pittsburgh Public Schools, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has offered the district $40 million for sweeping initiatives to maximize teacher effectiveness. The school board will hold a special meeting at 6 p.m. today to vote on accepting the grant, which would help finance an $85 million-plus campaign to improve the way teachers are recruited, inducted, evaluated, recognized and compensated. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)

    Opinion: Fighting TB should be priority  Nov 18, 2009
    Other organizations, such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, have stepped up to the plate with enthusiasm. But we have much catching up to do, and the TB research effort will require a sustained and long-term commitment from government, academia, industry and philanthropy. (MSNBC -- Health)

    You can be Santa for THS paper  Nov 17, 2009
    If you need another reason to donate, this project qualifies for matching dollars from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. your dollar goes further. (Terrell Tribune, TX)

    Cold virus may have foiled HIV vaccine test  Nov 17, 2009
    "Other viruses and bacteria are being studied for use in vaccines, as are different subtypes of adenovirus, he said.The research was supported by the Coalition for AIDS Vaccine Discovery, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Stephens Trust and Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London. 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. On Newsvine Rate Story:LowHighMORE FROM AIDSAIDS Section FrontAdd... (MSNBC -- Health)

    Nigeria: UN Approves U.S. $2.4 Billion to Combat Aids, Tuberculosis  Nov 16, 2009
    The initiative has been funded with contributions from UNITAID, the United Kingdom and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Relevant Links. (allAfrica.com)

    On eve of UN food summit: 20 best ways to feed the hungry  Nov 16, 2009
    But people at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which funded the study, "were thinking about successes, not failure," says IFPRI director Joachim von Braun. The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization, which is hosting next week's summit, says the number of hungry people has topped 1 billion for the first time since global hunger estimates were first made in 1970. (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)

    Goldman Sachs' born-again image is laughable  Nov 15, 2009
    By contrast, the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation was down about 20 percent ... By contrast, the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation was down about 20 percent. (New York Post -- Business)

    In a Malaria Hot Spot, Resistance Grows to a Key Drug  Nov 14, 2009
    With the help of tens of millions of dollars from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and various governments, the global health community from biochemical engineers in Berkeley, Calif. to village volunteers in Battambang, Cambodia is racing to eliminate the increasingly resistant parasite before it's too late. (Time.com)

    Former Gates' Exec Named Foreign Aid Chief  Nov 11, 2009
    The Obama administration will nominate Shah, a former executive with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to run America's top foreign assistance program, the U.S. Agency for International Development, (USAID) (AP Photo/State Department) (AP). The Obama administration nominated a young former executive with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to run the nation's top foreign assistance program Tuesday, ending months of speculation and complaints about who would take the vacant post. (ABC News -- Wire)

    HISTORIC CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FACE USAID NOMINEE  Nov 11, 2009
    Washington, DC (November 10, 2009)"InterAction congratulates Dr. Rajiv Shah on his nomination to lead the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). His nomination is definitely a step in the right direction. The alliance of 187 InterAction member organizations looks forward to working with him on the historic opportunities and challenges facing the U.S. on the humanitarian and global development fronts. Shah's work at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Bill and Melinda... (AlertNet)

    Obama appoints Rajiv Shah to head USAID  Nov 11, 2009
    He also attended the London School of Economics before becoming a policy wonk, variously working at the World Health Organisation, advising the Gore 2000 presidential campaign on health care policy, and most recently, before joining the Obama administration, serving as Director for Agricultural Development at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. At USDA, he managed the Agricultural Research Service, the Economic Research Service, the National Agricultural Statistical Service and the National... (India Times, India)

    Rajiv Shah: The man Obama wants to revitalize USAID  Nov 11, 2009
    The Obama administration will nominate Shah, a former executive with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to run America's top foreign assistance program ... Washington - President Obama is turning to Rajiv Shah, a medical doctor who served on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation before joining the Department of Agriculture, to head up the US Agency for International Development. (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)

    AP: Obama names foreign aid chief  Nov 11, 2009
    SINGAPORE (AP) The Obama administration will nominate a young former executive with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to run America's top foreign assistance program, ending months of speculation and complaints about who would take the vacant post, U.S. officials said Tuesday ... Before that, he had several positions at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, including managing its $1. (USA Today -- News)

    Read more...  Nov 11, 2009
    Support for the Listening Post Project has been provided by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the Kresge Foundation, the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and the Surdna Foundation. Related links. (PNN Online)

    Get diagnosed for cough by your cell  Nov 11, 2009
    A research company that proposes using acoustic vocalization analysis software to measure and interpret cough characteristic of pneumonia has won a $100,000 grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, one of 76 projects named by the foundation in its third funding round of its Grand Challenges Explorations. The proposal is just one of several emerging ideas that could turn the cell phone into a medical diagnosis tool, eventually replacing a stethoscope (which may not be around to celebrate... (India Times)

    Obama nominates leader for USAID  Nov 11, 2009
    Obama yesterday nominated Dr. Rajiv Shah, a 36-year-old former official with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Shah is a medical doctor and was confirmed by the Senate earlier this year for his current role as a senior official at the Agriculture Department dealing with food security, so he has already been vetted and should easily win approval for the USAID job. (Boston Globe)

    Scientists explain binding action of 2 key HIV antibodies; could lead to new vaccine design  Nov 10, 2009
    The study was funded by a Collaboration for AIDS Vaccine Discovery grant to Duke and Harvard from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and grants from the National Institutes of Health. Colleagues from Duke who contributed to the study include Moses Dennison, Hua-Xin Liao, Ruijan Zhang and Shi-Mao Xia. (EurekAlert!)

    Kenya: Researcher Awarded for Efforts in Fighting Malaria  Nov 9, 2009
    The two scholars are among hundreds of scientists from Africa, Europe and Asia whose researches have been endorsed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as holding the potential to provide the world with cheap but effective solution to the chronic diseases currently ravaging developing countries ... But Dr Elijah Songok, a researcher based at the Kenya Medical Research Institute who also won the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation award alongside Dr Okumu says his worry is to come up with... (allAfrica.com)

    Human Bacterial Diversity Is Personalized  Nov 6, 2009
    The research was funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the National Institutes of Health, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America. Adapted from materials provided by. (Science Daily)

    Avenor enjoys facelift project  Nov 6, 2009
    Accra, Nov. 5, GNA - The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on Thursday started a pilot project at Avenor in Accra to help slum communities achieve better environmental conditions. The project was made possible through the Cooperative Housing Foundation (CHF) International, and Nimba Community Support Services (NIMCOSS), Non-Governmental Organizations that mobilise residents to improve on their living environment and asset generation opportunities. (Ghana Web, Ghana)

    Will Promising New Malaria Vaccine Deliver?  Nov 6, 2009
    The Path Malaria Initiative, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline, says it is taking unprecedented measures to try and ensure that countries will be ready to distribute the malaria vaccine, called RTSS, as soon as it's approved. Related. (ABC News)

    NYEP to run new social module  Nov 5, 2009
    The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation was sponsoring the programme with a three-year 4. 5 million dollar grant to be implemented by the CHF. At a press briefing in Accra on Wednesday, Ms. Sandrine Capelle-Manuel, Country Director of CHF International, said the organization would work with other NGOs and private sector providers in the waste management sector to build the capacity of the unemployed youth to be involved in the sector to earn a living. (Ghana Web, Ghana)

    Library corner 11-5  Nov 5, 2009
    NEPONSET ; The Neponset Public Library is honored to be one of 128 Illinois public libraries to be awarded funds from the Opportunity Online Grant Program sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation ... More information on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is available online at www. (Princeton Bureau County Republican, IL)

    SPIN METER: Rankings unfair to US higher ed?  Nov 4, 2009
    CONVENTIONAL WISDOM: The influential Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation laments the United States' fall from first to 10th in college completion rates. The White House says President Obama "is committed to ensuring that America will regain its lost ground and have the highest proportion of students graduating from college in the world by 2020." Several reports have warned U.S. higher education attainment is on track to peak with the baby boomers. (Anchorage Daily News)

    WCMC-Q biomedical research program builds scientific knowledge, technical workforce in Qatar  Nov 3, 2009
    Laith Abu Raddad, PhD, assistant professor of public health and physics, collaborated on a study funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. It assessed the impact of the foundation's funded interventions designed to eliminate tuberculosis by the year 2050. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)

    Big Picture school worthy of community support  Nov 3, 2009
    This success brought media attention, awards and financial grants from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Now there are more than 60 Big Picture schools in 14 states -- each providing students with real-world learning opportunities. (Fresno Bee)

    Maintenance costs may shutter some city schools  Nov 2, 2009
    In its grant proposal to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the district proposed operating the academy at a handful of low-performing schools. Joe Smydo can be reached at or 412-263-1548. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)

    Gates Foundation wants global health push  Oct 29, 2009
    "This is a tragedy of almost unimaginable proportions," Dr. Tachi Yamada, president of the Global Health Program at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, told CNN's Christiane Amanpour. "And how we address this problem will reflect on whether we as citizens of the world are prepared to address the biggest problems in the world.". (CNN -- Health)

    We are in govt to improve the people's standard of living- Mills  Oct 25, 2009
    He made the observation when Mr. Jeff Raike, Chief Executive Officer of the US-based organisation, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, led a delegation to pay courtesy call on him at the Osu Castle in Accra. The delegation is in the country to assess the performance of its health assistance grants launched 11 years ago, and renew its collaboration with government to venture into agriculture and sanitation. (Ghana Web, Ghana)

    The Chalkboard  Oct 23, 2009
    Olson has been a consultant to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Kennedy School at Harvard University and many large public school systems and charter schools. She received her doctorate from the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 2005. (Hamilton Wenham Chronicle, MA)

    Biochemical 'on-switch' could solve protein purification challenge  Oct 23, 2009
    UMBI holds the patent, which has been licensed to PAP. The research was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. T. Gallagher, B. Ruan, M. London, M. Bryan and P.N. Bryan. (EurekAlert!)

    Global hunger  Oct 22, 2009
    Shah, who was in charge of agricultural development efforts for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation before joining the USDA, is part of an interagency team working on the plan, led by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. "She's been focused on a core strategy that is amazingly refreshing in that it is fundamentally about focusing on smallholder farmers and the most vulnerable producers in the world," he said. (AlertNet)

    Purple Pinkie Day Oct. 24  Oct 18, 2009
    Rotary is working to raise an additional $200 million toward a $355 million challenge grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. These efforts are providing much needed operational support, medical personnel, laboratory equipment and educational materials for health workers and parents. (Concord Journal, MA)

    Agribusiness readies technology to fight hunger  Oct 17, 2009
    The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced $120 million in grants to boost self-help efforts in agriculture in Africa and South Asia. Microsoft founder Gates told forum participants they must work together better. (Scientific American)

    Burns honored for 45 years of library service  Oct 15, 2009
    Further expansion occurred in 2007 when all three branches of the Lincoln-Lawrence-Franklin Regional Library system were awarded grants through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Burns said the computers multiply the library's services. (Brookhaven Daily Leader, MS)

    Hungry? One-sixth of humanity feels the same.  Oct 15, 2009
    The Rockefeller Foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation are trying to trigger a second Green Revolution, focused on Africa (which seemed to miss the first one). All this new activity calls for using this Friday's World Food Day to refocus attention on the 1 in 6 people who go to sleep each night with hunger pangs. (Christian Science Monitor)

    World Cocoa Foundation to launch Cocoa Livelihoods Programme in Ghana  Oct 15, 2009
    It is being funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and 12 chocolate and cocoa manufacturing companies ... "Making real progress against hunger and poverty starts with small farmers," said Richards Rogers, Programme officer at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation ... Funding for the programme comes from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the private sector: major branded manufacturers, The Hershey Company, Kraft Foods and Mars, Incorporated; cocoa processors Archer Daniels... (Ghana Web, Ghana)

    City schools dishing out merit bonuses  Oct 15, 2009
    That is one goal of the district's $85 million-plus proposal for improving teacher effectiveness, a plan for which officials hope to receive $50 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The district this year gained ground on many of the state tests and made "adequate yearly progress" or AYP, the federal achievement standard, for the first time. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)

    HCC chief hails record growth, sets stage for future  Oct 14, 2009
    That includes a $743,000 grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, awarded in June to expand programs preparing students for college-level work. A $3. (KHOU.com, TX)

    Pittsburgh schools gear up for teacher initiative  Oct 12, 2009
    The district has asked the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for $50 million to help fund initiatives to improve teacher effectiveness. The foundation has said it's willing to fund Pittsburgh's plan -- and similar plans in four other cities -- but hasn't said how much it would give to each. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)

    Upper County after school programs provide homework help and activities  Oct 8, 2009
    It was Wilton and Kim Headrick, Walter Strom principal, who wrote the grants that fund the program, 132,000 over five years in federal Century 21 money allocated through the state Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI), plus 60,000 from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The funding runs until 2014. (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)

    Study reveals short tenure for Texas principals  Oct 6, 2009
    The study was funded by the Texas High School Project Leadership Initiative, which is jointly funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Wallace Foundation, and conducted in partnership with the Texas Education Agency. Most Read Stories. (Austin Business Journal, TX)

    • Photo: Community partnership against polio  Oct 4, 2009
    Rotary will contribute $875 toward Rotary's effort to raise $200 million in three years to match the $355 million challenge grants from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation ... Rotary will contribute $875 toward Rotary's effort to raise $200 million in three years to match the $355 million challenge grants from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation ... Rotary will contribute $875 toward Rotary's effort to raise $200 million in three years to match the $355 million challenge grants from the Bill... (Juneau Empire)

    * Dialing for answers where the Web cannot reach in Africa  Oct 1, 2009
    It has received financial backing from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The Question Box service was first introduced in remote villages in India two years ago and came to Uganda in April. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)

    Researchers look to enriched crops to solve childhood malnutrition  Sep 30, 2009
    The project is sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Roger Beachy, professor of biology and director of the Danforth Plant Science Center, said the relationship grew out of the complementary goals of the three institutions and the conviction that we can do more together than we can alone. (Washington University Student Life, MO)

    Grant money flowing to UGA  Sep 26, 2009
    7 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for a project that aims to find ways to combat schistosomiasis, a parasitic disease that afflicted 200 million people in tropical areas around the globe with chronic illness. But UGA scientists who specialize in alternative fuels research also helped boost the total with several million dollars worth of federal grants, Lee said. (Athens Banner-Herald)

    Early Colleges Offer Educational Al...  Sep 25, 2009
    In the case of Surry Community College s Early College program, part of the revenue support comes from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. There is no tuition and books are free. (Suite101.com)

    Africa: Is Foreign Aid Still Worth it? [document]  Sep 25, 2009
    The Alliance for a Green Revolution (AGRA) an initiative funded by international donors including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation works to support agricultural productivity by training smallholder farmers and ensuring that African farmers have access to quality seeds, tools and fertilizer. AGRA's Program for Africa's Seed Systems (PASS) also provides grants and scholarships to agricultural scientists who take their knowledge into local communities to help... (allAfrica.com)

    Gates Foundation to promote US global spending  Sep 25, 2009
    WASHINGTON The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is launching a campaign to highlight the U.S. government's efforts to improve global health. The concept for the Living Proof Project came straight from Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft Corp., and his wife, who felt the American people weren't getting the message about the impact U.S.-supported initiatives were having in the developing world. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)

    AIDS breakthrough as vaccine cuts infections for first time  Sep 25, 2009
    The Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise, an alliance of researchers, policymakers, donors and advocates that includes the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, said it was a "historic day in the 26-year quest to develop an AIDS vaccine.". The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), an organisation that promotes the search for a vaccine, said the trial results were "very exciting and a significant scientific achievement.". (Yahoo! Asia News)

    Coury Traces History Of Polio Vaccines  Sep 24, 2009
    The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has made a $350 million challenge grant to raise more money for Polio Plus. Rotary International is seeking to raise an additional $200 million by June 30, 2012. (Bartow Polk County Democrat, FL)

    Breakfast With ... Christian Slater  Sep 21, 2009
    The same thing with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. They have a thing called "Get Schooled," which they asked me to get involved with because you know about a million students every year drop out of high school. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)

    HIV uses several strategies to escape immune pressure  Sep 19, 2009
    The research was supported by the National Institutes of Health and The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Reference: R. Rong et al. Escape from Autologous Neutralizing Antibodies in Acute/Early Subtype C HIV-1 Infection Requires Multiple Pathways. (EurekAlert!)

    New Airline Ticket Tax to Aid the Developing World  Sep 18, 2009
    The scheme, the idea of a small United Nations agency, is backed by the travel industry and heavyweights of international aid such as the William J. Clinton Foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. It will be formally announced in New York on Sept. 23 on the fringes of the U.N. General Assembly, and accompanied by a marketing blitz. (Time.com)

    Students burn midnight oil at Boston college  Sep 11, 2009
    Hillary Pennington, of the Seattle-based Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, an influential voice in education policy, said she was surprised that Bunker Hill offered midnight classes and that students agreed to go to school that late. "Bunker Hill is a good example of an institution that's doing enormously creative things that go above and beyond what you'd expect to respond to students' needs," Pennington said. (WWLTV.com, LA)

    * [ HEALTH ] Medi-dramas give patients unrealistic expectations, say experts  Sep 8, 2009
    Her program receives funding from the US governments Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and organizations like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to help television writers develop accurate health stories. When the drama is compelling, the viewer is completely transported, Buffington said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)

    Obama gave AG ethics waiver to probe Stevens case  Sep 5, 2009
    Margot Rogers, a senior counselor to Education Secretary Arne Duncan, can participate in issues involving her former employer, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, whose activities include education. Peace Corps Director Aaron Williams can take part in events involving the National Peace Corps Association, on whose board Williams used to serve. (Yahoo News -- Politics)

    Tests show students have 'a lot of work left'  Sep 4, 2009
    It's been a big year for the Pittsburgh Public Schools -- the Pittsburgh Promise scholarship program raised $15 million, officials learned they're in line for a big grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the district met the federal achievement standard, "adequate yearly progress," or AYP, for the first time. But Pennsylvania System of School Assessment scores released yesterday show how many challenges the district -- four years into its academic improvement campaign -- still... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)

    Farmington Public Library eligible for grant  Sep 3, 2009
    Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people s health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)

    GM Foods: Will Parliament Yield to US Pressure?  Sep 1, 2009
    Either way, it seems that supporters of GM foods, including heavy weight organizations like The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation, Monsanto, Inc, and USAID will continue to push for the adoption of GM foods in Ghana and developing countries. (Next: Should GM foods be labeled. (Ghana Web, Ghana)

    Inspiring video anchored presentation  Aug 30, 2009
    First used at a teacher-training session in January and then in July at a release of the district's test scores, officials played it again Aug. 5 during a critical presentation to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle. Set to the upbeat tempo of Coldplay's "Viva la Vida," the video shows inspiring footage of the city, its heroes and its classrooms, a montage intended to rally teachers to the district's improvement efforts. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)

    City schools ask Gates for $50M  Aug 30, 2009
    The Pittsburgh Public Schools has asked the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to contribute $50 million toward an $85 million-plus campaign to produce better teachers. The effort would include pay-for-performance, extra money for teachers taking on high-need assignments and creation of an "academy" to provide intensive training to new hires. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)

    Africa: Malaria Milestone in Sight  Aug 28, 2009
    While in Tanzania and Uganda, Mr. Chambers and Dr. Chan - who were accompanied by Tadataka Yamada, the President of the Global Health Programme at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation - met with senior Government figures in the two countries, as well as with local malaria experts. The delegation also visited urban and rural health centres that are focused on fighting malaria, including centres that are conducting trials of new vaccines. (allAfrica.com)

    Council hears firehouse update, party request  Aug 27, 2009
    The new Public Access Computers will be purchased through a $15,300 grant program in conjunction with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Three of the new computers will replace older units. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)

    WHO top official cautions on more A/H1N1 flu cases in Africa  Aug 21, 2009
    She is in the country with Raymond Chambers, UN secretary general's special envoy for malaria and Tadataka Yamada, president of the Global Health Program at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to review Uganda's successes and challenges in fighting malaria. Chan hailed Uganda for putting up effective pandemic containing system, which had been tested by previous outbreaks of Ebola, Marburg and meningitis. (Xinhuanet, China)

    Library board approves budget increase for 2010  Aug 19, 2009
    A series of grants from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, for upgrading public access computers, are being looked at by board members. The grant is a two-phase project that will require local funding matches. (Vincennes Sun Commercial, IN)

    Needle-free, inhalant powder measles vaccine could save thousands of lives  Aug 17, 2009
    The study has been conducted with a grant from the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health as part of the Grand Challenges in Global Health Initiative of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The American Chemical Society is a nonprofit organization chartered by the U.S. Congress. (EurekAlert!)

    Cash handset  Aug 17, 2009
    The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation plans to put $12. 5m into a programme to extend services to the poor. (BBC News -- Business)

    Greater access to online education needed  Aug 10, 2009
    The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation believes that online college courses can help arrest that slide. Most recently, the foundation awarded a 1. (Longview Daily News, WA)

    Diarrhea: The Great Zinc Breakthrough  Aug 7, 2009
    Over the past few years, a handful of aid organizations and governments including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the U.S. Agency for International Development have begun distributing zinc supplements to villagers in Bangladesh, India, Mali and Pakistan. Several other groups are working with governments in Africa to introduce zinc, which comes both in tablet form and as a syrup. (Time.com)

    Drug-resistant Malaria Has Emerged In Cambodia  Aug 5, 2009
    The study was funded by the Wellcome Trust, the Li Ka Shing Foundation, and the Global Malaria Programme of the World Health Organisation (through grants from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Western Pacific Regional Office). Malaria is a potentially deadly disease that kills more than a million people each year, mainly young children and pregnant women. (Science Daily)

    UGA donations buck recession  Aug 5, 2009
    The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation gave the UGA Research Foundation a five-year, $18. 7 million grant to reduce morbidity from schistosomiasis, a disease that plagues much of Africa. (Athens Banner-Herald)

    Scientists, doctors unite to fight malnutrition  Jul 30, 2009
    Much of the funding for cassava improvements has come from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Monsanto Fund and the U.S. Agency for International Development. Researchers have added DNA at the cellular level to enable cassava, naturally low in protein and beta carotene, to produce high levels of those nutrients. (MSNBC -- Health)

    Malaria vaccine will be a first  Jul 29, 2009
    7thmillion), five-year grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Join the conversation. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)

    Vi Typhoid Vaccine Proves Highly Effective In Young Children, Study Suggests  Jul 29, 2009
    In a separate IVI study conducted in five Asian countries and supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, children less than five years of age were found to have high rates of typhoid in Kolkata, India, Jakarta, Indonesia and Karachi, Pakistan, confirming that the disease is not limited to school-aged children and adults. The IVI-NICED study, which was supported by the Gates Foundation and the governments of Korea, Sweden, and Kuwait, also revealed that delivering the low-cost Vi typhoid... (Science Daily)

    'Rift b/w party & govt a media creation'  Jul 26, 2009
    He was speaking to reporters at Rashtrapati Bhavan after presentation of Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development to The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. A discussion on the issue will be held on the joint statement in Parliament on July 29 and the Prime Minister will make a statement. (India Times)

    Single-shot typhoid vaccine passes test  Jul 24, 2009
    The new study was funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The Vi vaccine provides immunity that lasts three years. (India Times, India)

    Vaccine shows promise against typhoid fever  Jul 23, 2009
    The study was funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and coordinated by the Seoul-based International Vaccine Institute. GlaxoSmithKline PLC provided the vaccine used in the research, but did not fund the study. (MSNBC -- Health)

    Gates Foundation gives 28 million dollars for malaria research  Jul 17, 2009
    The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is injecting over 28 million dollars into the project, which is set to take off in eight demographic surveillance sites in Ghana, Tanzania, Burkina Faso and Mozambique. Madam Jessica Milman, an officer with the Global Health Programme run. (Ghana Web, Ghana)

    Hungry World: A Silent Crisis Calls for Urgent Action  Jul 17, 2009
    Organizations such as AGRA, the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, represent the highly innovative approaches that can be realized by such partnerships. The counter-productive policies of developed nations must also be changed. (YaleGlobal Online Magazine, CT)

    Most state libraries offer wireless Internet services  Jul 17, 2009
    Thirteen sites in the Winding Rivers Library System will receive grants from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to improve the quality of their free computer access. The foundation announced 6. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)

    Eliminating polio requires global, coordinated effort -- Health Affairs article highlights risks, rewards of eradication  Jul 14, 2009
    Barrett's paper is one of many articles on global health in the new Health Affairs issue, which is supported by a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Other issue highlights include a discussion of an innovative new international approach to providing affordable antimalarial drugs; an examination of the extent to which people, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, are forced to borrow money or sell assets to afford health care; a study of whether donor funding... (EurekAlert!)

    Pittsburgh schools official wants to study dropouts  Jul 8, 2009
    The idea received a hearty endorsement from John M. Bridgeland, president and CEO of Civic Enterprises, a policy firm that collected data on nearly 500 dropouts with financial support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. In a 2006 report, "The Silent Epidemic," Mr. Bridgeland and two co-authors said 47 percent of dropouts indicated their classes weren't interesting enough. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)

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