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Co-convened by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Department for International Development, and the UN Population Fund, Family Planning 2030 — formerly Family Planning 2020 — is a global partnership that supports the rights of women and girls to make their own independent decisions about having children. The partnership aims to en...

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Amid Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic, Governor Cuomo and Mayor Mike Bloomberg Launch Nation-Leading COVID-19 Contact Tracing Program to Control Infection Rate

Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and Mike Bloomberg announced a new nation-leading COVID-19 contact tracing program to control the infection rate of the disease. Mike Bloomberg and Bloomberg Philanthropies have committed organizational support and technical assistance to help build and execute this new program. The conta...

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Earth Day 2020: COVID-19, Climate and Collective Action

On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, the continued climate ambition of cities, states, businesses and other non-federal organizations gives us reason to be hopeful. Non-federal climate action has led to tangible progress against the climate crisis -- including groundbreaking expansion of renewable energy, millions of square miles of protected ocea...

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Explore the Outdoors While Indoors This Weekend

While facing unprecedented closures, museums and public gardens across the country are meeting challenges head-on by bringing the natural world straight to you. Digital visitors can get up close with spring foliage, watch animals and natural landscapes in real time, and traverse lands where dinosaurs roamed billions of years ago.

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Michael R. Bloomberg Accelerates Fight Against Global Coronavirus Pandemic

Just days after Mike Bloomberg launched a program to help American mayors improve their coronavirus response, Bloomberg Philanthropies today announced additional actions and funding to combat the pandemic on a global scale. The new $40 million global initiative will support immediate action to prevent or slow the spread of COVID-19 in vulnerable lo...

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Every year, millions of people around the world die from preventable causes – including tobacco use, road crashes, lack of access to reproductive health and emergency care, and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). We must do more to prevent these deaths – and much of the time, we know what’s needed. Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Public Health program focus...

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Follow the Data Podcast: Mike Bloomberg 2019 NAACP Convention Remarks

The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination. The 110th Annual Convention brought together over 10,000 people and under the theme, “When We Fight, We Win,” the group set...

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Bloomberg by Bloomberg, Updated by Michael R. Bloomberg Available Now

Wiley and Michael Bloomberg announced that Bloomberg by Bloomberg, Updated, by Michael R. Bloomberg is now available wherever books are sold. The long awaited second edition of Bloomberg by Bloomberg sees the first major update of Michael Bloomberg’s autobiography since it was first published in 1997. Told in his own words and candid style, Bloombe...

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Gary’s Investments in the Arts Drive Economic Growth

By Anita Contini, Bloomberg Philanthropies Arts Team ArtHouse opened in 2016, after Bloomberg Philanthropies selected Gary as one of four winners of our national Public Art Challenge. The center has quickly become a hub of community activity through exhibitions, concerts, and the culinary arts. So far, it has provided more than 3,000 free meals for...

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Follow the Data Podcast: Why Data is So Vital to Public Health

This week, we revisit an episode featuring a conversation with Dr. Tom Frieden, one of the world’s leading public health experts, and President and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives, and Allison Jaffin of Bloomberg Philanthropies as they discuss noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and what it takes to protect the world.

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