Gates-Financed Group Helped Save Millions of Lives, Report Says
January 26, 2007
A grant made by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 1999 has resulted in 2.3 million lives being saved, reports The Seattle Times.
The progress report, prepared by the World Heath Organization, was delivered today by Bill and Melinda Gates at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
The foundation has given a total of $1.5-billion to the GAVI Alliance, an international coalition of groups that provide vaccinations to impoverished children. The foundation made a $750-million grant to GAVI in 1999, its first major venture into global health.
The announcement of the report’s results is available via a Webcast.
