Gates Foundation grant garners worldwide publicity

Rotary International News - 29 November 2007
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Monday’s announcement that Rotary accepted a US$100 million challenge grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that will generate $200 million for polio eradication continues to receive media attention around the globe.

Highlights include stories in the Chicago Tribune, O Globo (Brazil), La Nacion (Argentina), El País (Spain), Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, the Herald (Scotland), BBC Radio, National Public Radio, Agence France-Presse, Reuters, and Associated Press.

Monday’s press conference, moderated by RI’s PolioPlus Manager Carol Pandak, included remarks by Rotary Foundation Trustee Chair Dr. Robert Scott in Evanston, Illinois, USA; Gates Foundation Cochair William Gates Sr. in Seattle; and WHO Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan in Geneva.

Media coverage continued Tuesday, with a press briefing convened by RI President Wilfrid J. Wilkinson in Kuala Lumpur, which was covered by 15 news organizations.

Click the links below to read some of the news coverage:

International Herald Tribune

Chicago Tribune

New York Times

La Nacion (Argentina )

O Globo (Brazil )

The Herald (UK )