Gates Foundation pledges $50 million to fight Ebola

[techbeck]

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced Wednesday it will donate $50 million to help fight the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

 

More than 2,200 people have died in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, where the outbreak has been concentrated. Cases have also been reported in nearby Nigeria and Senegal.

 

The foundation says the money will be used to enable international aid organizations and national governments "to purchase badly needed supplies and scale up emergency operations in affected countries."

 

It will also "work with public and private sector partners to accelerate the development of therapies, vaccines, and diagnostics that could be effective in treating patients and preventing further transmission of the disease."

 

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http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/10/health/ebola-outbreak/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

[Ph1b3r0pt1c]

Just out of curiosity, and because im way to lazy to look for myself, but has he or his foundation ever pledged/gave money to the US/Canada/Mexico, or any country that wasnt 3rd world?

[neufuse Veteran]

Just out of curiosity, and because im way to lazy to look for myself, but has he or his foundation ever pledged/gave money to the US/Canada/Mexico, or any country that wasnt 3rd world?

Gates has given money to USA schools in the past

 

Just a quick example:

 

Hillsborough County Public Schools: $100 million

Memphis City Schools: $90 million

The College-Ready Promise, Los Angeles: $60 million

Pittsburgh Public Schools: $40 million

[DocM]

Gates Foundation grants database

http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database