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Gates Foundation, Brazilian Health Ministry Form Alliance To Expand Grand Challenges In Global Health Initiative
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on Monday announced it has formed an alliance "with the Brazilian Ministry of Health in the latest expansion of the foundation's Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative," the Puget Sound Business Journal reports (Bauman, 4/16). The strategic alliance, which will "explore new ways of tackling challenges associated with vaccines, nutrition, maternal and child health, and infectious disease control," builds on existing collaborations "to control tuberculosis and dengue fever and improve productivity among small famers," according to a joint press release from the Gates Foundation and the Brazilian Ministry of Health (4/16).
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