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- Funding Source
- Bill and Melinda Gates Fndn.
- Start date
- 2019
- End date
- 2023
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Displaying projects 1 - 25 of 96
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promote the development, dissemination, and uptake of new staple crop varieties containing enhanced levels of iron, pro-vitamin A, and zinc as a complementary strategy to address micro-nutrient malnutrition in Africa and South Asia. -
to accelerate the development of therapeutics and vaccines by formalizing an experimental medicine model of Cryptosporidium hominis, the most prevalent cause of human cryptosporidiosis, that can be used to test candidate therapeutics and vaccines - Funding Source
- Bill and Melinda Gates Fndn.
- Start date
- 2015
- End date
- 2017
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to advance O-antigen-based Shigella vaccines through to licensure by providing the critical data on immunogenicity linked to efficacy required for immuno-bridging - Funding Source
- Bill and Melinda Gates Fndn.
- Start date
- 2018
- End date
- 2020
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to advance O-antigen-based Shigella vaccines through to licensure by providing the critical data on immunogenicity linked to efficacy required for immunobridging - Funding Source
- Bill and Melinda Gates Fndn.
- Start date
- 2018
- End date
- 2019
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to apply highly sensitive quantitative molecular diagnostics for pathogens to understand the etiology of community diarrhea and the relationship and effects of enteropathogens on healthy growth - Funding Source
- Bill and Melinda Gates Fndn.
- Start date
- 2015
- End date
- 2017
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to build a more effective plant breeding system that develops superior cultivars for critical African crops (cassava, yam, banana, cowpea, maize and soybean) through a partnership with a leading private-sector seed company. - Funding Source
- Bill and Melinda Gates Fndn.
- Start date
- 2020
- End date
- 2022
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to build an international agronomy research alliance towards improving the productivity and profitability of crops, increasing climate resilience, and rehabilitating soil health for sustainable intensification in the Global South - Funding Source
- Bill and Melinda Gates Fndn.
- Start date
- 2020
- End date
- 2022
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to build and populate data dashboards that support decision-making by government and other stakeholders that benefit African smallholder farmers by promoting periodic replacement of better crop varieties and improving seed system efficiency - Funding Source
- Bill and Melinda Gates Fndn.
- Start date
- 2019
- End date
- 2022
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to build partnerships in animal health and dairy genetic gains, strengthen countries’ implementation of gender-intentional Livestock Master Plans, and advocate for investment in livestock development globally - Funding Source
- Bill and Melinda Gates Fndn.
- Start date
- 2019
- End date
- 2021
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to catalyze sustainable protection and productivity growth of root and tuber crops in West and Central Africa, through improved understanding and coordinated management of viral disease threats - Funding Source
- Bill and Melinda Gates Fndn.
- Start date
- 2019
- End date
- 2023
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to characterize population genetics of Cryptosporidium in children with acute diarrhea and their accompanying caregivers and use molecular techniques to characterize caregiver to child transmission - Funding Source
- Bill and Melinda Gates Fndn.
- Start date
- 2014
- End date
- 2016
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to combine current science and low-cost field-level agronomic diagnostics with advanced geospatial analytics to achieve increased cost-benefit of agronomic advisory for small-scale farmers in Africa. - Funding Source
- Bill and Melinda Gates Fndn.
- Start date
- 2019
- End date
- 2023
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to compare the virulence of wild type S. Typhi with that of a toxin-defective mutant in a human volunteer model of S. Typhi infection - Funding Source
- Bill and Melinda Gates Fndn.
- Start date
- 2015
- End date
- 2017
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to complete a study and publication on the evidence for the currently used definition of diarrhea, as well as systematic reviews related to dehydration and Shigella indications - Funding Source
- Bill and Melinda Gates Fndn.
- Start date
- 2015
- End date
- 2017
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to complete the laboratory development of the remaining two components of a new Shigella 4-valent Synthetic Conjugate Vaccine to prevent Shigella diarrhea and dysentery among children in LMICs. - Funding Source
- Bill and Melinda Gates Fndn.
- Start date
- 2018
- End date
- 2020
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to conduct impact and process evaluations of the three poultry companies under the APMI grant to understand the program's impact on productivity, income, diet quality, and women's empowerment. - Funding Source
- Bill and Melinda Gates Fndn.
- Start date
- 2020
- End date
- 2022
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to contribute to the increase in Ethiopian smallholder farmer income by creating a public-led digital platform to support agricultural advisory services, which will enable government, private and civil society actors across value chains to - Funding Source
- Bill and Melinda Gates Fndn.
- Start date
- 2019
- End date
- 2024
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to create new varieties of cassava that are resistant to two of the major diseases currently constraining smallholder cassava production across Sub-Saharan Africa - Funding Source
- Bill and Melinda Gates Fndn.
- Start date
- 2019
- End date
- 2023
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to create self-reproducing hybrids of sorghum and cowpea, thereby increasing their yield and allowing developing world farmers to save seed. - Funding Source
- Bill and Melinda Gates Fndn.
- Start date
- 2020
- End date
- 2025
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to deliver validated and harmonized food systems methods and metrics, synthesize and facilitate uptake of interdisciplinary agriculture-nutrition-health research to inform policies and programs in agriculture for improved health and nutrition - Funding Source
- Bill and Melinda Gates Fndn.
- Start date
- 2019
- End date
- 2024
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to describe the proportion of hospitalizations from enteric pathogens among hospitalized patients with diarrhea and febrile illness in each of the seven divisions of Bangladesh in order to design wider country wide program - Funding Source
- Bill and Melinda Gates Fndn.
- Start date
- 2015
- End date
- 2017
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to determine critical environmental transmission pathways of typhoid in low-income urban areas and design environmental surveillance strategies to monitor typhoid in the environment - Funding Source
- Bill and Melinda Gates Fndn.
- Start date
- 2016
- End date
- 2018
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to determine if an approved drug product for another indication will demonstrate efficacy in humans to treat diarrhea caused by Cryptospordidium - Funding Source
- Bill and Melinda Gates Fndn.
- Start date
- 2017
- End date
- 2019
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to determine if vaccination can reduce Campylobacter infection and environmental enteric dysfunction (EED), thereby improving gut health while increasing infant growth trajectories - Funding Source
- Bill and Melinda Gates Fndn.
- Start date
- 2016
- End date
- 2018
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to determine the optimal characteristics for a new drug to combat Cryptospodioisis, an infectious parasitic disease that is a major cause of diarrhea and related chronic health problems in children worldwide - Funding Source
- Bill and Melinda Gates Fndn.
- Start date
- 2017
- End date
- 2019