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JAMES WHITTINGTON
May 17, 2012

It was raining in Addis; persistent, driving rain, punctuated by the occasional drenching downpour forcing residents to run for cover. The rainy season has come early in Ethiopia. Traveling north, through the band of hills which ring the capital, the soaked countryside was green and lush. A perfect day to visit agricultural projects in the Debre Libanos Woreda.

Ethiopia launched a highly ambitious plan in 2010 to double the size of the economy over five years, and raising productivity in agriculture is key.

CHRISTINE MCNAB
April 26, 2012

We’re walking up a mountain and Dr. K.C. Ram’s phone doesn’t stop ringing. He answers every single call without breaking stride. He talks emphatically into the receiver as we march upwards, the snow-capped Himalaya lording over this Nepali valley.

As he effortlessly walks, talks and works, Dr Ram is leading us to a remote village to witness Nepal’s first measles and rubella campaign.

February 27, 2012

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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SEATTLE -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced the appointment of its first official representative in Ethiopia. Haddis Tadesse, who has worked as an external relations officer for the foundation since 2007, will assume the new position later this month and be based in Addis Ababa.

February 23, 2012 Prepared remarks by Bill Gates, co-chair and trustee

Thank you, Ms. Sesay.

I am grateful for the opportunity to address the global agriculture community, and I want to thank President Nwanze for inviting me. Our foundation and IFAD have independently funded many of the same projects because we share many of the same goals. This morning, we signed a partnership agreement, and I am looking forward to seeing what we can accomplish when we work hand-in-hand with President Nwanze, Kevin Cleaver, and their colleagues.

WASHINGTON, D.C. –- Fútbol Club (FC) Barcelona, FC Barcelona Foundation, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation kicked off a three-year partnership today to energize the global fight to end polio and draw attention to the promise of life-saving vaccines. Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, along with FC Barcelona President Sandro Rosell and Manager Josep Guardiola, announced the partnership at the Newseum in Washington, DC. They were joined by players Andres Iniesta and Seydou Keita.

Partners pledge innovative, coordinated action aimed at new World Health Organisation goals

LONDON -- Today, 13 pharmaceutical companies, the U.S., U.K. and U.A.E governments, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Bank and other global health organisations announced a new, coordinated push to accelerate progress toward eliminating or controlling 10 neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) by the end of the decade.

Commitment to end polio also set to benefit other health priorities across the country

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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SEATTLE -- Nigeria’s 36 Executive Governors and the Federal Capital Territory have signed up to the Nigeria Immunization Challenge launched by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation last year.