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Apr 15, 2020 · The US is the biggest single donor to the Geneva-based WHO. It contributed more than $400 million in 2019, roughly 15% of the WHO's annual budget. The second-largest funder is the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which provides 9.8% of the WHO's funds. The WHO launched an appeal in March for $675 million to help fight the coronavirus pandemic.
May 6, 2024 · The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, guided by the belief that every life has equal value, is working to help people lead healthy, productive lives. Based in Seattle, it is led by Chief Executive Officer Mark Suzman, under the direction of Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett. The foundation supports work in over 100 countries.
Sep 19, 2018 · Rapid population growth in some of Africa’s poorest countries could put at risk future progress towards reducing global poverty and improving health, according to a report by the philanthropic foundation of Bill Gates. Demographic trends show a billion people have lifted themselves out of poverty in the past 20 years, the report found.
Oct 15, 2019 · In addition, Bill Gates co-chaired a simulation at the Forum’s Annual Meeting 2017, resulting in the creation of the Epidemics Readiness Accelerator, a public-private platform to address effective readiness in issues including travel and tourism, supply chain and logistics, legal and regulatory, communications and data innovations.
Jun 3, 2020 · Visit the Great Reset microsite here. Hear Klaus Schwab on these podcast episodes: the Great Reset launch and his book. We can emerge from this crisis a better world, if we act quickly and jointly, writes Schwab. The changes we have already seen in response to COVID-19 prove that a reset of our economic and social foundations is possible.
Mar 10, 2017 · Now the richest man in the world with $85.2 billion to his name, Gates spends his days running the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the most powerful charities in the world. The foundation — which controls an endowment of more than $40 billion — aims to lift millions of people out of poverty, with a heavy focus on eliminating HIV, malaria, and other infectious diseases.
Feb 26, 2020 · Image: REUTERS/Jason Lee. In their annual letter, Bill and Melinda Gates look back at 20 years of their foundation. They look at progress in areas from health to education - and the work still needed. They also look at priorities for the coming years - in particular climate change and gender equality. When we started our foundation 20 years ago ...
May 4, 2020 · Predictions show it could take anywhere from 9 months to 2 years to create a vaccine. From there, it's just the small matter of producing upwards of 7 billion doses, for the global population. Here Bill Gates looks at what's already being done to create a vaccine against coronavirus. One of the questions I get asked the most these days is when ...
May 8, 2017 · When it comes to food, Africa will become entirely self-sufficient. In his 2015 Gates Annual Letter, Gates made the prediction that Africa's agriculture industry will increase productivity by 50% by 2030, making the entire continent self-sufficient. Currently, the continent imports roughly $50 billion worth of food each year, despite the fact ...
Mar 19, 2020 · To deal with the next epidemic, Gates has suggested we need the following: Strong health systems in poor countries. Medical reserve corps, with lots of people with training and expertise ready to deploy. Pairing the medical and military experts, so the military can provide logistics and secure areas. Simulations, or “germ games” to see how ...
