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
SCHOOL OF AG/FOOD UNIV OF PRETORIA 00002 FOREIGN GOVERNMENT
PRETORIA
SOUTH AFRICA
DISINTEGRATION AND ENHANCE STABILITY.
UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND NONE VIKTOR VEGH OF THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND IN
100,000.
BRISBANE QLD 04072 FOREIGN GOVERNMENT
BRISBANE
AUSTRALIA
AUSTRALIA WILL TEST THE EFFICACY OF USING
LOW-COST NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE
TECHNOLOGIES THAT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EARTH'S
MAGNETIC FIELD TO DETECT MALARIA PARASITES.
THE TEAM WILL EXAMINE BLOOD SAMPLES TO DETECT
HEMOZOIN, A WASTE PRODUCT OF MALARIAL
PARASITES, TO DETERMINE THE PRESENCE OF
MALARIA INFECTION.
UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND NONE UDANTHA ABEYRATNE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
100,000.
BRISBANE QLD 04072 FOREIGN GOVERNMENT
BRISBANE
AUSTRALIA
QUEENSLAND IN AUSTRALIA PROPOSES USING
LOW-COST DEVICES SUCH AS MOBILE PHONES AND MP3
PLAYERS EQUIPPED WITH MICROPHONES TO RECORD
COUGH AND SLEEPING SOUNDS THAT DO NOT REQUIRE
DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE PATIENT. RECORDING
WILL BE ANALYZED USING NEW ALGORITHMS IN HUMAN
SPEECH ANALYSIS TO IDENTIFY SOUNDS THAT
CHARACTERIZE THE PRESENCE OF PNEUMONIA.
UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND NONE MOSQUITO TRANSMITTED PATHOGENS SUCH AS DENGUE
100,000.
BRISBANE QLD 04072 FOREIGN GOVERNMENT
BRISBANE
AUSTRALIA
FOR PUBLIC DISCLOSURE
297 OF 519
AND MALARIA ARE A SIGNIFICANT DISEASE BURDEN
ON THE WORLD'S POPULATION. PAUL YOUNG OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND IN AUSTRALIA AIMS TO
DEVELOP A NOVEL VACCINE APPROACH THAT IS
BASED ON BLOCKING MOSQUITO TRANSMISSION OF
THESE DISEASE AGENTS RATHER THAN INDUCING
PATHOGEN-SPECIFIC IMMUNITY.
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