Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Appoints Amy Pollack as Director of Maternal, Newborn & Child Health

SEATTLE, April 13, 2018 – The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced that Amy Pollack, MD, FACOG, FACPM has been named director of Maternal, Newborn & Child Health. She will assume her position on May 7, 2018. 

Brazil’s Ministry of Health and Foundation Announce Alliance to Advance Innovation in Global Health | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

First initiative of the alliance is the launch of Grand Challenges Brazil, a program to accelerate research to improve the health of women and children

Foundation Announces $35 Million in Funding for Innovative Ideas in Family Health | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Through the Grand Challenges in Global Health program, the foundation joins partners around the world in promoting creative solutions to improve maternal and child health

Harvard School of Public Health Awarded $12 Million Grant to Improve Global Maternal Health | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

A new three-year, $12 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will support a Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) effort to significantly improve maternal health in developing countries.

Seattle Children’s Invention Lands Major Funding with Hopes of Saving Thousands of Infant Lives Globally Each Year | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Receives $2.3 million from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to complete development of affordable respiratory support device

Foundation Funds Bold Ideas | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Grand Challenges Explorations winners in 25 countries aim to transform global health and development

Bill and Melinda Gates Visit Health and Development Partners in India | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Bill and Melinda Gates will meet policy makers, non-government partners, business and community leaders, and public health figures in a visit to India this week to explore ways to build on achievements in health and development and tackle the significant burden of disease that still exists.

UBC/CFRI project receives $7M to reduce maternal, fetal, and newborn deaths | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

VANCOUVER, Canada -- The University of British Columbia has received a $7 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. UBC researchers working at the Child & Family Research Institute will test new strategies for the monitoring, prevention, and treatment of pre-eclampsia.