2009 Form 990-PF - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION 56-2618866
FORM 990PF, PART XV - GRANTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS PAID DURING THE YEAR
RELATIONSHIP TO SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTOR
AND
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RECIPIENT NAME AND ADDRESS FOUNDATION STATUS OF RECIPIENT PURPOSE OF GRANT OR CONTRIBUTION AMOUNT
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO NONE TO SUPPORT THE THE CAPACITY BUILDING OF THE
1,500,000.
5801 SOUTH ELLIS AVENUE 509(A)(1)
CHICAGO, IL 60637
CONSORTIUM ON CHICAGO SCHOOL RESEARCH
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO NONE TO SUPPORT THE CHICAGO CONSORTIUM ON FINANCIAL
5,000,000.
5801 SOUTH ELLIS AVENUE 509(A)(1)
CHICAGO, IL 60637
SYSTEMS AND POVERTY
UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN NONE TO INFORM THE GLOBAL SCHISTOSOMIASIS CONTROL
1,009,333.
THORVALDSENVEJ 57 1871 DK1870 FOREIGN GOVERNMENT
COPENHAGEN
DENMARK
STRATEGY BY ESTABLISHING AN APPROACH TO REDUCE
THE GLOBAL BURDEN OF FEMALE GENITAL
SCHISTOSOMIASIS THROUGH IMPROVED KNOWLEDGE
ABOUT THE PREVENTION OF GYNAECOLOGICAL
LESIONS, SEQUELAE, AND IMPROVED DIAGNOSIS OF
FEMALE GENITAL SCHISTOSOMIASIS
UNIVERSITY OF DAKAR NONE TO REDUCE MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY FROM MALARIA
1,318,505.
UNIVERSITE CHEIKH ANTA DIOP BP5005 FOREIGN GOVERNMENT
DAKAR
SENEGAL
IN SENEGALESE CHILDREN BY THE ADMINISTRATION
OF ANTI-MALARIAL DRUGS TO CHILDREN UNDER THE
AGE OF FIVE YEARS ON THREE OCCASIONS DURING
THE HIGH TRANSMISSION SEASON
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER NONE LUKE SAVAGE AND DAVE NEWMAN WILL LEAD
100,000.
203A AMORY BUILDING RENNES DRIVE EX44RJ FOREIGN GOVERNMENT
EXETER
UNITED KINGDOM
FOR PUBLIC DISCLOSURE
290 OF 519
ENGINEERS AT EXETER UNIVERSITY IN THE UK IN A
PROGRAM TO DEVELOP A HANDHELD, INEXPENSIVE
BATTERY-POWERED INSTRUMENT THAT CAN RAPIDLY
DIAGNOSE MALARIA. BY USING MAGNETO-OPTICS TO
DETECT THE HEMOZOIN CRYSTALS PRODUCED AS A
BYPRODUCT OF MALARIA PARASITE DIGESTION OF
HEMOGLOBIN IN THE RED BLOOD CELL, SUCH
TECHNIQUES COULD OFFER A METHOD TO DETECT
MALARIA WHICH DOES NOT RELY ON INVASIVE BLOOD
SAMPLES.
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