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Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom — the U.S. highest civilian honor
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President Barack Obama awarded Bill and Melinda Gates the Presidential Medal of Freedom in recognition of their philanthropic work through the Gates Foundation. Obama specifically cited the Foundation's achievements in reducing deaths from malaria and HIV/AIDS and its investments in improving public education in the United States. The award is the highest civilian honor in the United States, previously awarded to figures including Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, and Mother Teresa.
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Pakistan awards Gates the Hilal-e-Pakistan for polio work
On February 17, 2022, Pakistani President Arif Alvi conferred the Hilal-e-Pakistan — the country's second-highest civilian honor — on Bill Gates in recognition of the Gates Foundation's support for polio eradication and poverty reduction. The award came as Pakistan, one of the last two countries with endemic wild polio, marked a year without a new case, a milestone Gates had long invested in.
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Receives the Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award for contributions to global health
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