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• Scientific American about tobacco control in Africa

  
  Tobacco Control in Africa - TCA — Authority: 121
  Scientific American on line looks at tobacco control in Africa while reporting about the new Global Smokefree Partnership report presented by ACS in Dar es Salaam.What Katherine Harmon does not address is the new big wave of foreign investment provided mostly by the Gates Foundation to promote tobacco control in ...
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• Gates Foundation awards $10.9 million to study impacts of sanitation on diseases

  
  WASH News International — Authority: 113
  Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have received a five-year, $10.9 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to evaluate several interventions to combat diarrheal disease in developing countries. Dr. Jack Colford Dr. Jack Colford , professor of epidemiology at UC ...
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• Video intro: FrontlineSMS in agriculture

  
  Build it Kenny, and they will come... — Authority: 485
  Earlier this year we were asked to work with some colleagues over at the Gates Foundation to highlight a few of the uses of FrontlineSMS in the agriculture sector. There have been numerous projects in Aceh, El Salvador and Cambodia, and the number of initiatives continues to grow. Here’s a short five minute ...
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• Gates Foundation Gives Emory $8.16 Million to Help in Ethiopia

  
  Tadias Magazine — Authority: 127
  Above: A resident displays an x-ray at Jimma Referral Hospital in Jimma, Ethiopia, on September 2, 2009. The resident is helping teach health officers how to perform emergency and obstetric surgeries. ( Hanna Ingber Win ). The Atlanta Journal-Constitution By Shelia M. Poole Emory University’s Nell Hodgson ...
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• New USAID Chief Faces Internal Skepticism

  
  The Washington Independent — Authority: 777
  Rajiv Shah and USAID (Department of Agriculture, USAID) After nearly 11 months of allowing the top U.S. foreign-development bureau go without permanent leadership, the Obama administration decided Tuesday afternoon on the unconventional choice of Rajiv Shah , a 36-year old undersecretary of the Department of ...
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• Millions Fed: some solutions close at hand

  
  Commodity Corner — Authority: 119
  More than a billion people go hungry each day — about the same number as did in the late 1950s. That’s both a “tragedy on a grand scale” and an “astounding success,” according to a new report called “ Millions Fed ,” produced by the International Food Policy Research Institute and the Bill and ...
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• Millions Fed: some solutions close at hand

  
  Africa Blog — Authority: 505
  More than a billion people go hungry each day -- about the same number as did in the late 1950s. Thats both a "tragedy on a grand scale" and an "astounding success," according to a new report called " Millions Fed ," produced by the International Food Policy Research Institute and the Bill and Melinda Gates ...
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• Former Gates Foundation Executive Raj Shah Nominated for Another Job

  
  UwidoNews - Submitted news — Authority: 465
  The Obama administration has found yet another job for Rajiv Shah , the former Gates Foundation executive who has spent the past five months at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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• White House Taps Former Gates Foundation Executive for Foreign Aid Chief

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 502
  President Obama has chosen Rajiv Shah, a medical doctor and currently a senior official at the Agriculture Department dealing with food security, to run the U.S. Agency for International Development.
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• The Education Wars

  
  Random Thoughts from Random Places — Authority: 147
  Naturally the usual suspects are involved in a report about a "report card" of the nations school districts . More flexibility. States and districts must empower schools and principals, develop student-based funding policies, and reinvent education management. * Better accountability. States and districts should ...
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• Microfinance’s Circular Firing Squad

  
  SeaMo: Connecting the Microfinance Community — Authority: 481
  Much ado I, like many in the microfinance community, have been following the debate that David Roodman initiated on his Open Book blog with regard to Kiva ’s transparency. It’s a worthwhile discussion, certainly, and one that has already prompted action from Kiva–with a change to their “How Kiva Works” ...
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• An interesting post (and debate) about the lack of transparency at big charities and institutions

  
  Tobacco Control in Africa - TCA — Authority: 121
  From Holden Karnofsky of the blog givewell .
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• CAP, Chamber of Commerce, Rick Hess team up to Bash Public Schools

  
  Schools Matter — Authority: 507
  From a new report produced by the Center for American Progress, the US Chamber of Commerce, and AEIs Rick Hess: Twenty-five years ago, when the National Commission on Excellence in Education released A Nation At Risk, overhauling our countrys schools became a national priority. In the intervening years, some ...
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• Global challenges and opportunities in fighting HIV/AIDS and neglected diseases

  
  West Africa Doctors Network West Africa Doctors Network — Authority: 126
  Health Affairs thematic issue on global health examines looming financial pressures in the world’s response to HIV and AIDS; offers solutions for combating neglected tropical diseases and saving millions of livesBethesda, MD — Responding to the HIV/AIDS pandemic and tackling so-called neglected tropical diseases ...
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• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Launches Collaborative Effort to Improve College Graduation Rates

  
  Philanthropy Front and Center-Cleveland — Authority: 123
  Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced  (November 5, 2009) $4 million in grants to the National League of Cities Institute for Youth, Education and Families , and seven cities to boost college graduation rates by better coordinating the services that colleges, schools and communities provide to students. ...
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• Protecting Children from Rotavirus

  
  ONE — Authority: 516
  If you watched Bill and Melinda Gates’ “Impatient Optimists” presentation, you probably remember this discussion about rotavirus, and the deadly impact it can have on children:The Living Proof Project also has this great corresponding photo gallery documenting clinics in Managua and Pantasma, Nicaragua where ...
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• Elias Zerhouni Talks Public Health Challenges, Culture Wars at WBBA Annual Meeting

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 710
  Biotech , Life Sciences , healthcare Gregory T. Huang wrote: Just came back from the Washington Biotechnology & Biomedical Association’s annual meeting in downtown Seattle, where 500-plus biotechies and distinguished guests (including more than a few local politicians) gathered for a ...
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• Mesa Receives Grant to Improve College Graduation Rates

  
  Phoenix Arizona Real Estate Local News and Business Directory — Authority: 438
  Mesa Community College, City of Mesa and Mesa Public Schools linking services to improve college graduation ratesMesa, AZ - The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the National League of Cities... This is a summary of the article. For the complete article, please visit the site. Thank you http://www.evliving.com/
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• Gates Foundation awards $10.9 million to study impacts of sanitation on diseases

  
  Sanitation Updates — Authority: 132
  05 November 2009 BERKELEY — Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have received a five-year, $10.9 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to evaluate several interventions to combat diarrheal disease in developing countries. Dr. Jack Colford , professor of epidemiology at UC ...
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• $21 Million Sweet Potato Project Launched in Africa

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 156
  In an effort to improve nutrition, incomes and food security, the International Potato Centre (CIP) has launched an Africa-wide project to exploit the untapped potential of sweet potato in eight African countries over a five-year period, a statement said Thursday. Tagged Sweet potato Action for Security and Health in ...
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