Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives.
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Everyone deserves a safe place to call home. Narrated by Bill Gates, Sr., this video highlights the work done in the Pacific Northwest to help connect thousands of families to housing and services that can put them on a path out of homelessness.
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation GAVI Alliance is now on Facebook. Visit their page to learn more about their mission to save lives by increasing access to immunizations.
The GAVI Alliance is a global health partnership whose members work together to achieve a goal no agency could reach alone: save lives by increasing access to vaccines.
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation "In the popular image of college, there’s dorm life, full-time classes, football games, parties, maybe a part-time job — and then, four years later, a degree. But for most students, it doesn’t work out that way. About 2.8 million students enroll in some form of higher education each year. But finishing what they start ...is a different matter: Only one in five of the students who enroll in two-year institutions graduate within three years. And even at four-year colleges, only two in five complete their degrees within six years." Read more about this fascinating study.
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The challenges of balancing work and school upend the college plans of many.
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Students talk about what life challenges stand between them and a college degree. Watch the video, join the discussion at http://www.getschooled.com or read the full report at Public Agenda: http://www.publicagenda.org/theirwholeli
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Young people all over the United States struggle to balance work, school, and family responsibilities. They dont have the resources necessary to be successful available to them, and as a result are not able to earn the degree they need to excel. ...
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Lack of convenient and accurate diagnostics in the developing world means that many people with significant health risks and illnesses are not properly diagnosed or they receive inappropriate treatment.
Now, $30 million in grants is available to develop low-cost, easier-to-use diagnostic tools. Find out more, and learn how to apply.
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Grand Challenges Explorations is a foundation-funded grant program supporting innovative, early-stage research projects that focus on improving the health of people in the developing world.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation This World AIDS Day 2009, there are signs of progress. But we must do more. Visit our page to see personal stories, download the progress sheet, read about our HIV/AIDS strategy, and learn more about our partners.
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The foundation commemorates World AIDS Day on December 1, 2009, by honoring the efforts of our grantees and partners who are working to prevent AIDS in developing countries.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Our efforts in global health aim to harness advances in science and technology to save lives in poor countries. Read more about our global health strategies, and how we partner and invest.
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Our efforts in global health aim to harness advances in science and technology to save lives in poor countries.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Nothing is as important to a student’s success in school as an effective teacher. Read more about our education strategy as well as today's announcement of a $335 million investment to help raise student achievement.
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Our work in education in the United States is focused on two major initiatives: ensuring that a high school education results in college-readiness and that postsecondary education results in a degree or certificate with genuine economic value.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation The GAVI Alliance kicked off its Partners' Forum today. Here's the video from the opening ceremony.
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On November 18th-20th representatives from our partners gathered to discuss opportunities and challenges ahead for immunizations. A new impact study released at the forum stated that by the end of 2009 256 million children have been vaccinated and 4 million deaths were prevented.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Last night Melinda was a guest on Charlie Rose. She talked about the Living Proof Project, how government funding is making an important difference in global health, and the one thing that can help the most. Watch the interview.
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation See how a very simple solution - called Kangaroo Mother Care - is saving the lives of pre-term babies in Malawi.
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This innovative program in Malawi is helping to reduce the number of pre-term babies who die because of low birth weight by teaching mothers how to keep them warm with skin-to-skin contact.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation "Millions Fed," a new video and book from our partner IFPRI, highlights 20 agricultural development projects that are helping make an impact in the global fight against hunger and poverty.
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The Millions Fed project showcases 19 proven succeses in agricultural development that have had demonstrated and significant impact on food security and poverty in developing countries.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Through profiles of students and mentors, Rising by Degrees shares the true stories of Latino students working to graduate from college. Download or stream the radio show to listen in.
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The United States is facing a dramatic demographic challenge: Young Latinos are the fastest-growing segment of the population, and they are the least likely to go to college. Experts say the future of the American economy is at stake, because higher education is essential in the 21st century economy...
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Great article from Rose George about projects aimed at ending open defecation in developing countries and how they can save lives.
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Food and water contamination kills more children than AIDS, malaria, or measles, combined. Human waste is an impressive weapon of mass destruction. So here's what's being done about it.
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