Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Rotary International, Gates Foundation, United Kingdom, and Germany pledge critically needed funds and urge donor and endemic country governments to help end crippling childhood disease

January 21, 2009 -- SAN DIEGO -- Rotary International, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the British and German governments today committed more than $630 million in new funds to fight polio, a crippling and sometimes fatal disease that still paralyzes children in parts of Africa and Asia and threatens children everywhere. In addition to pledging needed funds, leaders urged additional donors and leaders of countries where polio still exists to join them in an aggressive push for eradication.    » read more »

Nonprofit Aravind Eye Care System Wins $1 Million Prize for Preventing and Curing Blindness in India's Poorest Communities

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. The $1 million Gates Award—the world's largest prize for international health—honors extraordinary efforts to improve health in developing countries.    » read more »

New Report Sees Huge Demand for Investment over Next Decade

December 18, 2007 -- WASHINGTON -- A new report from IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, says spending on health in Sub-Saharan Africa is expected to double over the next 10 years. Investments of $25 billion to $30 billion will be needed to meet the demand, with the private sector playing a key role.    » read more »

New initiative to support prevention programs targeting high-risk groupsContact:

November 14, 2007 -- SEATTLE -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced today that it will commit $50 million to work in partnership with the Chinese government and non-governmental organizations to expand HIV prevention efforts in China. The funding will increase access to HIV prevention programs targeting those most vulnerable to infection, including injection drug users, sex workers, and men who have sex with men.    » read more »

- Case, Gates, Goldhirsh And MCJ Amelior Foundations Partner on Think.MTV.com to Empower Young People with Digital Tools for Positive Change
- Bono, John Legend, Pete Wentz, Shakira, Reggie Bush, Rosario Dawson, Jeff Sachs, The United Nations and Boys & Girls Clubs of America Using Site to Stimulate Youth Activism

18 September 2007 -- The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has announced $280 million in grants to fight the global tuberculosis epidemic. The money will be used to develop vaccines, diagnostic tests and drugs to treat a disease that kills nearly two million people each year.

The Gates Foundation has pledged $900 million in grants to fight TB by 2015, and the $280 million in awards are part of that package.

With Tuesday's announcement, the Foundation has met almost half of its commitment.    » read more »

Grant Will Fund Institute of Human Virology Research for HIV Vaccine

Annapolis, MD (July 31, 2007) - Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley announced today that the University of Maryland has received a $15 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The funding will be used to support research at the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s Institute of Human Virology (IHV) to further develop a promising HIV/AIDS vaccine candidate created by IHV that, in early studies, has shown potential to provide broad protection against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.    » read more »