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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation/Prashant PanjiarBy custom, many Ethiopian parents won’t name a child for weeks, in case the baby dies. Sebsebila Nassir, pictured above with a health worker, named her newborn daughter Amira—’princess’ in Arabic—on her immunization card the … read more »
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When we think of the world’s all-time richest people, names like Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and John D Rockefeller immediately come to mind. But few would have thought, or even heard of, Mansa Musa I of Mali – the obscure … read more »
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Bone-Break, Bill Gates, Ft. Detrick and GSK; US Army Dengue Fever Vaccine Trials in Thailand Born in a laboratory at Fort Detrick, Maryland, home to the USA’s biological warfare program, the US Army created, Bill Gates Foundation funded and GSK … read more »
WHO IS THE MAN? Bill Gates is a walking talking Bill Gates commercial. It matters not that he retired from Microsoft. The Bill Gates image is still very serious business. Arguably his most famous quote is “Be nice to nerds. … read more »
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BY KEFFYALEW GEBREMEDHIN Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has finally come full circle. Over the decades, he has thrived on controversies, some of which he fostered, and stil does, with unmatched skills and perfect timing. They have served his purpose of … read more »
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Lashing out at the Congressional Republican budget earlier this week, President Obama chastisedthe GOP for ignoring what he called one of the “big, fundamental issues” of our time: inequality. “What drags down our entire economy is when there’s an ever-widening … read more »
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When it comes to the new malaria vaccine developed by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) now being tested on infants in the east African country of Tanzania I will let the words of an industry insider tell it best.. “There is not much … read more »
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October 19, 2011 by benim
Eradicating malaria is not a vague, unrealistic aspiration but a tough, ambitious goal that can be reached within the next few decades, the billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates said on Tuesday. In an interview with Reuters at his Gates Foundation’s Malaria … read more »
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Abuja – The Nigerian government is now trying its best to convince it critics that its decision, this year, to scale down its usually elaborate Independence Day celebration was “cost-saving measure” and not out of fear of terrorist attack. Critics … read more »
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Microsoft founder Bill Gates has called on African countries to work harder to get life-saving vaccines to children, as their slugishness could derail efforts to save millions of lives and stamp out deadly diseases. The magnate, who these days spends … read more »
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At the TED Conference in Long Beach, Calif., Amina Az-Zubair smiled and said, “You’re probably wondering, ‘Who’s this lady in the Nigerian clothes with the English accent?’ ” Not exactly -the question was more, “Who’s this lady Bill Gates thinks … read more »
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February 14, 2011 by benim
Cairo – Switzerland has frozen whatever assets Hosni Mubarak and his associates may have there, and anti-corruption campaigners are demanding the same of other countries. But experts say hunting for the deposed Egyptian leader’s purported hidden wealth – let alone … read more »
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