Jan 01 1996The Foundation convenes experts in HIV/AIDS to find ways for industry, philanthropy, development and health agencies to collaborate in finding an AIDS vaccine that would be affordable and available throughout the world. The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) emerges from that effort, along with four other partnerships to develop and manufacture safe, effective, affordable treatments for HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, and dengue fever, as well as a microbicide that women can administer on their own to prevent sexually transmitted diseases.
Jan 01 1996“What Matters Most,” the National Commission on Teaching for America’s Future’s blueprint for revolutionizing the teaching profession in the United States, is widely hailed and implemented in 12 states. The Foundation conceived and funded the project.
Jan 01 1995A Foundation-funded team of American and Asian scientists clone a gene for resistance against bacterial blight, a disease that attacks rice worldwide. When transferred to susceptible varieties, the gene yields excellent resistance.
Jan 01 1994The Foundation begins the Next Step: Jobs initiative with the Corporation for Supportive Housing to integrate employment services into supportive housing centers in three cities. By 1997, employment rates double in these 3,000 supportive housing units.
Jan 01 1993The final group of Biotechnology Career Fellows is selected. Launched in 1984, this program supports 183 fellows to update their biotechnology skills and develop collaborative research projects. Many of these scientists have since risen to prominent research positions in their home countries.
Jan 01 1992The Population Sciences program initiates a 10-year program to make quality family planning and reproductive health available to every couple in the world who wants it.
Jan 01 1991The Foundation joins with the United Nations Development Programme, UNICEF, WHO and the World Bank to form the Children’s Vaccine Initiative (CVI) to protect the world’s children against viral and bacterial diseases. CVI’s goal is to vaccinate every child in the world against these common, preventable childhood illnesses.
Jan 01 1991The Foundation brings together a number of foundations, federal governments and financial institutions to help rebuild and revitalize inner cities in the United States. This collaboration becomes known as the National Community Development Initiative (NCDI).
Jan 01 1991With Foundation funding, scientists at Cornell University create a detailed molecular genetic map of rice and disseminate to rice breeders worldwide to facilitate the creation of improved varieties.
