Seattlepi.com has
an interesting series of articles on the work that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
is doing on improving world health. I know it's easy to be cynical about Gates' investments
in such things, but the sheer scope and numbers are quite dizzying. For example:
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he is pumping $800 million a year into his global health initiative
-- nearly matching the entire World Health Organization budget.
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Gates' immunization efforts have saved hundreds of thousands of lives.
One of my colleagues pointed out how working for Microsoft (and being a customer of
Microsoft) we contribute in some small way to this ingoing work.
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