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PRNewswire - October 12, 2000
The CMH, launched by the Director General of the World Health Organization in January 2000, studies the intricate tie between health status and poverty reduction and recommends health measures that minimize poverty and maximize economic development.
Specifically, the funds will be used to strengthen health activities that benefit the global society, targeted interventions to improve the health of people in low-income countries and strategies to organize global initiatives to control HIV, malaria and TB. The funds also will be used to bring local experts from various disciplines together to discuss best practices and approaches to overcoming constraints to disease control in low-income countries.
The CMH work supported by the grant will be led by public health specialists and economists based at the Center for International Development (CID) at Harvard University and the Institute of Social and Preventative Medicine at the University of Lausanne.
The Commission, chaired by Harvard's Professor Jeffrey Sachs, brings together 17 of the world's leading economists and policymakers from academia, governments and international agencies. Among the members are former ministers of finance, representatives from the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the United Nations Development Program, the Economic Commission on Africa and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is dedicated to improving people's lives by sharing advances in health and learning with the global community. Led by Bill Gates' father, William H. Gates, Sr., and Patty Stonesifer, the Seattle-based Foundation has an asset base of $21 billion. Preventing deadly diseases among poor children by expanding access to vaccines, and developing vaccines against malaria, HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis, are central priorities. Other major efforts include extending unprecedented opportunities for learning by bringing computers with Internet access to every eligible library in the U.S. and Canada, and providing scholarships to academically talented minority students in the U.S. with severe financial need through the Gates Millennium Scholars Program (http://www.gmsp.org). For complete information and grant guidelines, visit http://www.gatesfoundation.org.
SOURCE Harvard University Web Site: http://www.gatesfoundation.org
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