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Josh Dilley Gates Foundation Slide 2 Trustees and Goals of the Foundation - Driven by the interests and passions of the Gates family - Reduce poverty and enhance healthcare abroad - Increase access to technology in US Melinda and Bill Gates Warren Buffett Slide 3 Two Separate Entities: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Bill and Melinda Gates Asset Trust Slide 4 The Largest Private Foundation in the World Slide 5 The Gates Foundation Donations Rival that of Developed Nations Italy Gates Foundation Slide 6 Why the Disparity? Donate approximately 7 8% of total endowment a year Invests the other 93% Slide 7 The Foundation has 3 Primary Programs 1) Global Development Program 2) Global Health Program 3) United States Program Slide 8 Global Development: Aims to Reduce Poverty and Provide Infrastructure Agricultural Development Financial Services Water, Sanitation Hygiene Slide 9 Global Health: Seeks to Eradicate Curable Diseases and Provide Access Invest in Research and Development Provide Drugs Prevent Infectious Diseases Slide 10 United States Program: Provides Scholarships and Technology ScholarshipsProvide Computers to Libraries Slide 11 The Foundation is Having a Significant Positive Effect Invested $200 million Slide 12 Impact Within the United States Funding 100 new schools in Chicago 200 new schools in NYC Slide 13 Questions About the Ethics of Investing Investments in companies devastating to health of people in developing countries Slide 14 McCoy et al. The Lancet 373, 1645-1653. Gates Foundation Invests Too Heavily in Basic Research and Not Enough into Enabling Supply Slide 15 The Foundation Controls the Impact of Many Organizations and Research Development Slide 16 References Picture references: http://www.geeksugar.com/Melinda-Gates-Says-iPods-iPhones-Allowed-2867244 http://www.buffettstocks.com/ http://vanbreda.org/forum/doku.php?id=advanced:bill_and_melinda_gates_foundation_2009 http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/news/story.jhtml?id=163600002 http://www.activistpost.com/2011/02/gates-foundation-controls-media-through.html http://www.hospifarma.com/tag/drugs-to-vaccines http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/08/new-malaria-vaccine-shows_n_149343.html http://www.aidsandhiv.org/news/hiv-virus.html/attachment/hiv-virus http://www.hospifarma.com/tag/drugs-to-vaccines http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/08/new-malaria-vaccine-shows_n_149343.html http://www.aidsandhiv.org/news/hiv-virus.html/attachment/hiv-virus http://educationnext.org/afoundationgoestoschool/ http://humanosphere.kplu.org/2012/01/bbc-looks-at-secretive-and-powerful-gates-foundation/ http://www.whatgives.com/2010/08/09/miracles-in-water-africa-is-calling/ Slide 17 References: http://humanosphere.kplu.org/2012/01/bbc-looks-at-secretive-and-powerful-gates-foundation/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_%26_Melinda_Gates_Foundation http://www.gatesfoundation.org/Pages/home.aspx http://www.alliancemagazine.org/en/content/gated-community http://educationnext.org/afoundationgoestoschool/ http://www.latimes.com/news/la-na-gatesx07jan07,0,2533850.story?page=1 http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2011/10/18/glaxosmithkline-bill-gates-backed- vaccine-cuts-malaria-infections-by-half/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2011/10/18/glaxosmithkline-bill-gates-backed- vaccine-cuts-malaria-infections-by-half/ http://www.sciencedirect.com.libproxy.lib.unc.edu/science/article/pii/S0140673609605717 http://humanosphere.kplu.org/2012/01/bbc-looks-at-secretive-and-powerful-gates-foundation/ http://www.alliancemagazine.org/node/3833 http://www.alliancemagazine.org/en/content/gated-community http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/news/story.jhtml?id=163600002 http://humanosphere.kplu.org/2012/01/bbc-looks-at-secretive-and-powerful-gates-foundation/