Gates Foundation Commits More than $500 Million to Tackle The Burden of Infectious Disease in Developing Countries

In an address to American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Bill Gates says that the Ebola epidemic underscores the urgent need for R&D to stay ahead of emerging disease threats, and declares that new drugs, diagnostics, and vaccines can eradicate malaria by the middle of the 21st Century.

Global Partners Are Taking the "Neglect" out of "Neglected Tropical Diseases"

Private and public sector leaders release progress report and announce new funding

Funding Announced for Development of a Vaccine for Disease Affecting Global Poor

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to provide Sabin Vaccine Institute with $12 million to fund multiple phase 1 clinical trials and further product development for human hookworm vaccine

Fight against neglected diseases sets sights on parasites transmitted by livestock

The Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI) will research how efforts to combat the tapeworm infection cysticercosis can be integrated into existing prevention programmes.

Statement on the Obama Administration’s FY2011 Budget Request for Global Health - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

SEATTLE -- We commend the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2011 budget request for international affairs, which includes vital support for the global health programs that represent America’s best investments for saving lives.

WUSTL Receives Global Health Grant Toward Elimination of Tropical Diseases | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

ST. LOUIS -- Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has received a five-year, $13 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to improve efforts to eliminate two parasitic diseases, elephantiasis and river blindness. These diseases belong to a group of infections known as neglected tropical diseases, which collectively have a health impact comparable to HIV and malaria.

Glasgow Receives Grant to Study Sleeping Sickness | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

GLASGOW, Scotland -- The University of Glasgow has received a $3 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to further the treatment of sleeping sickness, otherwise known as Human African Trypanosomasis.

London School Wins 2009 Annual Gates Award for Global Health — Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

LONDON -- The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine has won the Gates Award for Global Health, and will receive $1 million in prize money.