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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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!)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Africa: GM Sorghum Test Approved Jul 6, 2009
9 million dollar grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The aim of the ABS Project is to "develop sorghum with improved food quality by enriching it for essential amino acids (part of the protein component of the diet), and later by increasing its content in essential vitamins (vitamin A and E).". (allAfrica.com)
Government to develop agriculture - Vice President Jul 4, 2009
The AGRA was established by Rockefeller Foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in 2006. The Alliance is currently working with African governments, other donors, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), private sector, and African farmers to improve the productivity and incomes of resource-poor farmers in Africa. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
DAVID BURDICK PROMOTES BROADBAND SERVICE Jul 3, 2009
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation help provide broadband to public libraries in Arkansas. They are doing a pilot study in six states, Arkansas being the fifth. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Warren Buffett Donates $1.5 Billion Berkshire Shares Jul 3, 2009
According to a regulatory filing, Buffett on Wednesday donated 428,688 Berkshire Class B shares to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and 87,884 shares to four family charities. Following the donations, Buffett still held 350,000 Class A and 1,501,532 Class B shares of Berkshire, together worth about $36. (ABC News -- Wire)
New AIDS vaccine ready for trials Jul 1, 2009
The University of Western Ontario and the city of London have been short-listed by the Canadian government to set up an $88 million HIV vaccine manufacturing facility, which will be partly funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Just last week Canadian scientists had announced a major breakthrough in AIDS treatment by saying that they have found where the HIV virus hides in the human body. (India Times, India)
Library's finances under strain Jun 28, 2009
The computer bank was recently replaced with newer, faster models, courtesy of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The computers come in handy in a rural community in hard economic times. (Missoulian, MT)
Scientists race against devastating fungus threatening world's wheat crop Jun 26, 2009
The effort has received some government help, and it got a big push when the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation encouraged Cornell University to develop a plan for Ug99. Cornell's recommendations included research, accelerated plant breeding and global coordination of efforts. (Herald Online, SC -- Lifestyles)
Ohio, colleges awarded $4M in Gates grants Jun 23, 2009
Ohio and five of its community colleges are taking a $4 million chunk of funding awarded Monday by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in an effort to help struggling students finish school. The foundation s Development Education Initiative awarded $16. (Columbus Business First, OH)
Health aid doesn't always help poor Jun 20, 2009
A worldwide outcry over the plight of people in Africa dying of AIDS, a disease kept in check with drugs in rich countries, triggered a rush to fund big disease-fighting programs on the part of Western governments, aid organisations and philanthropic donors such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Until now, there has been little attempt to find out how well the money has been spent and what impact the focus on high-profile diseases has had on the everyday business of hospitals, clinics... (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
South Africa: Healthy Debate [editorial] Jun 18, 2009
In the wake of Polokwane, the ANC set up a task team, headed by the Human Sciences Research Council's Olive Shisana (and funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation), to devise proposals for an NHI. A 200-page draft report from the task team is now, inevitably, doing the rounds. The official version, it seems, is not ready for release yet. (allAfrica.com)
Getting Arkansas online Jun 16, 2009
This past week I attended the Opportunity Online Broadband Summit, a joint initiative between the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the public library systems of several states. Arkansas was selected to introduce a pilot program to improve and sustain high-speed Internet access in local libraries, especially in rural and underserved parts of the state. (Paragould Daily Press, AR)
WHO backs anti-diarrhoea vaccine Jun 6, 2009
Dr Tachi Yamada, president of the Global Health Program at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, said: "This WHO recommendation clears the way for vaccines that will protect children in the developing world from one of the most deadly diseases they face. "We need to act now to deliver vaccines to children in Africa and Asia, where most rotavirus deaths occur. " Dr Julian Lob-Levyt, chief executive officer of GAVI, said: "This represents another important step in our ability to achieve... (BBC News -- South Asia)
RPT-FEATURE-South Africa leads hunt for killer TB vaccine Jun 5, 2009
With more resources and research committed by international and philanthropic organisations like the World Bank and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, optimism for a new TB vaccine has reached heights last seen when the current TB vaccine, Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG), was developed in the 1920s. The most clinically advanced of the nine vaccine candidates -- called MVA85A -- will be tested in South Africa next month among 2,874 children under the age of one. (AlertNet)
South Africa: National Health Insurance Plan Presented to Ruling ANC Jun 2, 2009
A confidential draft of the NHI plan indicates on its front page that "This project was funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation". However, the foundation said it did not fund political parties. (allAfrica.com)
Gates Found. funds manufacturing training May 30, 2009
It is based in Washington, D.C. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is based in Seattle. Reader Comments. (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Forsyth Tech to implement skills system May 28, 2009
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation awarded $1. 5 million to the Manufacturing Institute to roll out the Manufacturing Skills Certification System. (Triad Business Journal, NC)
Teen whiz from Ukraine bags diploma, degree May 26, 2009
The program -- a joint venture of Fresno Unified, Fresno City College, the Foundation for California Community Colleges and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation -- offered the chance to earn both a high school diploma and college degree in five years. Intrigued, Vitaliy applied and became part of the school's first class in 2005. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
What Obama's call to national service needs May 22, 2009
For example, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and other leading grantmakers provide nonprofits with structured templates to evaluate the positive effects of their work in communities. The current call to public service represents an enormous opportunity for communities, nonprofits, and committed citizens. (Yahoo News)
New library computers help job seekers May 22, 2009
The equipment was purchased with a $42,900 grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Opportunity Online hardware grant program, according to BHM Regional Library Director M.J. Carbo. The program helps public libraries provide free, high-quality access to computer workstations. (Washington Daily News, NC)
AP Interview00004000: Annan urges Sri Lankans to reconcile May 22, 2009
He also chairs the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, which is working to dramatically increase Africa's food production with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation. "There is a lot happening on the green revolution where we are working with farmers and governments," Annan said. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
