[Promotional Materials, International Conference on AIDS (13th : 2000 : Durban, South Africa)]

Today, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation continues to build on
its unique model of innovative and collaborative scientific research to
advance medical treatments for children. The Foundation works to eliminate
mother to child transmission, to accelerate the discovery of new treatments
for other serious and life threatening diseases, and to ensure that children
are at the forefront of every scientific breakthrough.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is dedicated to improving people's lives
by sharing advances in health and learning with the global community. Led
by Bill Gates' father, William H. Gates, Sr., and Patty Stonesifer, the
Seattle-based Foundation has an asset base of $21.8 billion.
Preventing deadly diseases among poor children by expanding access to vaccines, and
developing vaccines against malaria, HIV/AIDS, and tuberculosis, are central
priorities. Other major efforts include extending unprecedented
opportunities for learning by bringing computers with Internet access to
every eligible library in the U.S. and Canada, and providing scholarships to
academically talented minority students in the U.S. with severe financial
need through the Gates Millennium Scholars Program (www.gmsp.org). For
complete information and grant guidelines, visit www.gatesfoundation.org.
For further information, contact Carrie Hyun, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS
Foundation,
[phone] (if calling from the U.S., dial 011 before the number) or
[email protected]; Or Joe Cerrell, APCO Worldwide, 2061239-0147 or
[email protected]

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