On the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) organized the Goalkeepers event which keeps track of progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). This year, the event is focusing on child and maternal mortality and revealing seven innovations ...
By Adeyemi Olusoga/Abuja The co-chairs of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), Bill Gates and Melinda French-Gates have highlighted seven new innovations which if made available to those who need them, would save at least two million mothers and babies by 2030. Writing in the 2023 edition of the ...
By Temilolu Oke Bill Gates, one of the world’s greatest philanthropists and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) has said he sees a brighter future for Nigeria and its young people would be at the head of that future using science and technology. At a forum with ...
By Victor Emeruwa The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) alongside governments and private sector have announced new funding commitments totaling $1.27 billion which will aim to accelerate the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, (SDGs) and save millions of lives. During United Nations General Assembly week, the Bill & ...
By Elohor Igbru, Abuja The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, NPHCDA has said majority of Nigerians did not have access to health services. It made this known on its website ahead of the Primary Healthcare Summit tagged: ‘Re-imaging Primary Health Care in Nigeria’. According to the agency, the country is ...
By Victor Emeruwa Food manufacturers in Nigeria are asking the Federal Government for a duty waiver on the importation of essential nutrients used in the fortification of staple foods in the country. This concession will ensure that Nigerians continue to get essential nutrients in their staple diet required for the ...
By Our Reporter Stakeholders and groups all over the world have gone extra miles in ensuring that the Covid-19 virus is contained.This is as Bill & Melinda Gates foundation pledged US$150 million, so also Wellcome making a total of US$300 million towards COVID-19 vaccine production. The pledge was made to ...
By InfactNG The Wall Street Journal is reporting that former President of Microsoft and co-chair, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation ( BMGF) Bill Gates had sent incriminating and flirtatious emails to a female employee, asking her to meet him outside of work. InfactNG cannot independently verify if the said meeting ...
By Elohor Igbru, Abuja Nigeria and other lower-income countries will stand to benefit as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced today a commitment of up to $120 million to accelerate access to the investigational antiviral drug molnupiravir for lower-income countries as part of its COVID-19 response effort. According to the Foundation ...
A new Country Director arrived at the Abuja office of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) in January 2021. He is Dr. Jeremie Zoungrana,a health sociologist and programme management specialist with over 20 years’ experience. Having worked across Africa, the new CD has hiswork cut out for him in ...
