The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (B&MGF) News

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (B&MGF) News.

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  Gates Says Too Many Kids' Deaths Are Preventable

  By Katherine Gustafson | Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:56 AM ET

  for developing countries to build and maintain. Now innovators are starting to think about simpler, lower-tech solutions.The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have granted $10.9 million to researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, to conduct evaluations of several suc Read More

  More like this in: Health, California, Water, Kenya, Death, University of California, World Health Organization, Bangladesh, Hygiene, Water Quality
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  Can Chocolate Cure Malaria?

  By Katherine Gustafson | Thu Oct 22, 2009 3:59 PM ET

  he said. “The ideas I've been talking to you about need experimental support. Nothing is proven at this point.” Image courtesy o Read More

  More like this in: The New York Times, Associated Press, Chocolate, Grants, Malaria, Vaccines, Science, Social Responsibility, Healthcare, Innovation & Discovery, Giving
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  More Kids Getting Vaccines

  By Darragh Worland | Thu Oct 22, 2009 12:25 AM ET

  for the turnaround, putting financial support from the GAVI Alliance -- a partnership between WHO, UNICEF, the World Bank and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation -- to good use. Bravo!"We have seen a dramatic turnaround in the availability of vaccines in even the poorest countries," sai Read More

  More like this in: UNICEF, Health, Children, World Health Organization, Melinda Gates, Vaccines, World Bank, Measles
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  President Obama and Bill Gates Urge Students To "Get Schooled"

  By Wynter Mitchell | Mon Oct 19, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  month, while President Obama welcomed students to their first day of school, he received support from Bill and Melinda Gates and the entertainment industry on a new initiative an Read More

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  Gates Commits $120 Million to Help Small Farmers

  By Katherine Gustafson | Sat Oct 17, 2009 5:02 PM ET

  communities to team up on this ambitious plan.Gates is starting the effort off on a good foot with nine grants totaling $120 million from the Gates Foundation. "Melinda and I believe that helping the poorest small-holder farmers grow more crops and get them to market is the world's singl Read More

  More like this in: Bill Gates, Africa, Farmers, Grants, Melinda Gates, World, Social Responsibility, Asia, Africa, Americas, Giving, Events, Development
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  Giving Students a Better Chance at the AP Exams

  By Marc Hertz | Sun Aug 30, 2009 5:02 PM ET

  Initiative (NMSI) is looking out for the latter two groups. The initiative, a nonprofit with founding sponsors ExxonMobil, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, aims to improve math and science education in the United States. NMSI selected si Read More

  More like this in: ExxonMobil, Science, United States, Schools, Nonprofit, Virginia, Massachusetts, Dell, Connecticut, Kansas, Alabama
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  TB or Not to Be?

  By Katherine Gustafson | Thu Aug 27, 2009 1:35 PM ET

  will become sick or infectious, but considering that almost 2.3 billion are infected with the bacillus, almost 230 million people will get sick).The Gates Foundation has given a three-year grant of $3 million to the TuBerculosis Vaccine Initiative (TBVI), according to a press release from th Read More

  More like this in: Netherlands, World Health Organization, Melinda Gates, Science, Social Responsibility, Healthcare, Innovation & Discovery, Giving, Fundraising
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  In Colombia, Internet for All

  By Katherine Gustafson | Thu Aug 27, 2009 1:28 PM ET

  (EPM Foundation), which is being honored for “innovative use of technology in public libraries to promote community development,” according to a Gates Foundation press release. The EPM Foundation works with a network of 34 public libraries to provide citizens of the city of Medellin wit Read More

  More like this in: Bill Gates, Microsoft, Health, Technology, Education, HIV / AIDS, Colombia, Community Development, Melinda Gates, Computers and the Internet, Children's Health
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  Back to School, Celebrity Style

  By Katherine Gustafson | Tue Aug 18, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  show is the first effort in the five-year "Get Schooled" national initiative that Viacom is developing in cooperation with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. According to the Foundation, the initiative "creates a platform for corporate and community stakeholders to address the challenge Read More

  More like this in: Schools, mtv, Melinda Gates, LeBron James, Comedy Central, Kelly Clarkson, VH1, Teen Pregnancy, Viacom Inc., Nickelodeon Universe
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  Malaria Vaccine Set to Begin Human Trials

  By John Casey | Fri Aug 7, 2009 4:00 PM ET

  Human trials of a malaria vaccine begin in 2010 at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research Read More

  More like this in: Science, Malaria, University of Maryland, National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences, Biomedical Research, Technology, Science, Tech Does Good, Cutting-edge, Green Tech, Healthcare, Innovation & Discovery, Life Sciences