Polio vaccination in Nigeria is having a dramatic impact, computer software pioneer Bill Gates has told AllAfrica in an interview.
World Can Beat Polio, Says Bill Gates
Polio vaccination in Nigeria is having a dramatic impact, computer software pioneer Bill Gates has told AllAfrica in an interview.
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Africa: 'Best Chance' to End Polio - Bill Gates Promotes Vaccines and Food Programs to Attack Poverty
allAfrica, 9 February 2011
The likelihood that few African countries will meet any of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, aimed at reducing severe poverty by 2015, has prompted a spate of… Read more »
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Nigeria: Polio, Cholera in the North
Leadership, 3 February 2011
Last week, Bill Gates expressed hope that poliomyelitis would soon be totally eradicated in Nigeria. Read more »
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Africa: Bill Gates Calls for Sustained Foreign Aid to Boost Global Health and Development
Gates Foundation, 31 January 2011
Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, argues the case for polio eradication and expanded childhood immunization in his third annual letter released… Read more »
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Angola: Boost for Polio Campaign
UNIRIN, 25 January 2011
The Angolan government is preparing to renew efforts to eradicate polio with support from global partners, including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which has made polio… Read more »
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Angola: Unicef Partners With Gates Foundation to Help Stem Polio Outbreak
UN News, 21 January 2011
Top officials from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are arriving in Angola this weekend to help boost the Government's… Read more »
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Angola: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Reiterates Support for Polio Eradication
ANGOP, 26 October 2010
The ambassador of the Bill and Belinda Gates Foundation, John Lange, Tuesday, in Luanda, reiterated its full support to the Angolan Government in the holding of vaccination… Read more »
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Angola: Gates Foundation Fundamental Partner Against Polio - Minister
ANGOP, 25 October 2010
The Angolan health minister, José Van-Dúnem, Monday in Luanda, considered Bill & Melinda Gates foundation as fundamental partner in the sustainable help to… Read more »
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Africa: Africa is Innovating in Financial Services, Food Sciences, Health - Bill Gates
allAfrica, 25 January 2010
In the second annual letter he has issued to the public to discuss his and his wife's philanthropic work through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Microsoft founder Bill Gates… Read more »
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Angola: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Official Expected in
ANGOP, 22 October 2010
A US official with the programs of development and advocacy of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will visit Angola, from October 25 to 27, under the efforts aimed to… Read more »
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Nigeria: Widening the Gates of Charity
Independent (Lagos), 21 July 2010
Bill Gates, unarguably, one of the richest men in the world, was in Nigeria for the second time in two years. Though he did not come with proposals to invest in businesses that… Read more »
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Nigeria: Bill Gates Commends NGF's Effort On Polio Eradication
Vanguard, 19 July 2010
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has sent words of commendation to Nigeria Governors' Forum, NGF, following the progress made on polio eradication in the country. The… Read more »
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Nigeria: Bill Gates, MDGs And Polio Eradication
Daily Trust, 8 July 2010
The global philanthropist and Microsoft information and technology billionaire Mr. Bill Gates is committed to helping the world to achieve the Millennium Development Goals MDG. Read more »
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Nigeria: Gates' $750 Million Polio Fund
Daily Champion, 16 June 2010
The recent declaration by President Goodluck Jonathan that over 90 per cent success has been achieved in efforts to eradicate polio in the country is welcome news for which Mr.… Read more »
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Nigeria: Polio Eradication - I'm Optimistic About New Progress Rate Here, Says Bill Gates
Vanguard, 15 June 2010
One thing Nigeria needs to do to actualise its dreams of polio eradication is to sustain and even improve on the current level of vaccination of children in the remaining wild… Read more »
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Angola: Gates Foundation Envoy in Angola
ANGOP, 25 October 2010
The US diplomat John E. Lange, programme officer of development and advocacy at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, arrived Sunday night in Angola, for a visit from 25 to 27… Read more »
Photo Essays
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Investing in Health Care in Malawi and Ethiopia, January 2010
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From the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, a photo essay from Malawi on Kangaroo Mother Care, the technique of wrapping newborn babies to the bare chest. This promotes easy access to heat and ... see more »
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Melinda Gates Visits Malawi, Benin, February 2010
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Melinda Gates meeting with pregnant women at the district hospital in Dowa, Malawi. see more »
