Wits University has secured a R7m grant from the Oppenheimer Memorial Trust to protect health sciences research capacity threatened by US funding cuts. The two-year grant will support researchers, staff, and students in the Faculty of Health Sciences. Their work has been placed at risk following the sudden withdrawal or reduction of international funding. The funding is designed to plug…
Tag: Philanthropy
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African Philanthropists Must Drive Change in Public Health
The head of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria has issued a powerful call to action for African philanthropists. He urges them to direct their resources towards health initiatives. These efforts could save millions of lives and transform the continent’s future. Speaking from the sidelines of the World Health Summit in Berlin, Executive Director Peter Sands made…
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Gates Foundation Announces $2.5bn Women’s Health Investment
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced a landmark investment of $2.5 billion by 2030 to address critical gaps in women’s health. This field is one its founder, Bill Gates, says has been “neglected for too long.” The significant pledge represents a one-third increase in funding compared with the foundation’s spending on women’s and maternal health over the past…
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Child Mortality Crisis and the Gates Foundation’s Pledge
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced it will commit $1.6 billion over the next five years. This funding aims to support Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, in its mission to immunise the world’s most vulnerable children. The initiative addresses the ongoing child mortality crisis. The pledge comes ahead of a crucial fundraising event in Brussels. It is positioned as…