AEGiS-PRn: Nelson Mandela, Bill Gates to Address Global Health Challenges Leaders Expected to Urge Businesses, Governments and Philanthropists to Help Improve Access to Medical Advances for Developing Nations 1999

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Nelson Mandela, Bill Gates to Address Global Health Challenges Leaders Expected to Urge Businesses, Governments and Philanthropists to Help Improve Access to Medical Advances for Developing Nations 1999

PRNewswire - December 6, 1999

Former South African President Nelson Mandela will join Bill Gates, co- founder of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and others in a Forum that will address the challenges of providing access to lifesaving medical advances for children in the poorest parts of the world.

WHEN: Thursday, December 9; 10:00 AM

WHERE: Seattle, Washington University of Washington Hogness Auditorium, UW Health Sciences Center Bldg C, Pacific Ave.

WHO: William (Bill) H. Gates, III - Co-founder of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation William H. Gates, II - Co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Dr. Seth Berkley, executive director of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative Dr. William Foege, senior global health advisor to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Graca Machel, former Minister of Education in Mozambique

ACCESS: This event is open to print reporters and working still photographers. Credentials are required. For more information on how to obtain credentials, visit http://www.mandelavisit.com/newsroom.htm or contact Roger Nyhus at 425-602-6500. First access for this event is 8:30 AM, with final access at 9:30 AM.

NOTE: A live webcast of the event will be available at http://www.gatesfoundation.org The event will also be available live via satellite KU-Band: Telstar 6 / Transponder 13

NOTE: In addition to the webcast, live audio from the December 9th event in Seattle will be accessible by a listen-only teleconference line. Information on this is as follows:

Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PACIFIC Passcode: foundation

Domestic call-in #: 888-809-8972

International call-in #: 212-547-0154

NOTE: Decks Only Audio and Video Mult Box will be provided

CONTACT: Joe Cerrell, 206-652-1814, for the Mandela-Machel Host Cmte; or Technical/Pool Coverage Info, Scott Sklarin of Global Communications & Television, Cell, 917-865-0538, or pager, 800-321-7125

SOURCE Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
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