Gates triples TB eradication funds to $900m

Microsoft chairman and co-founder Bill Gates today said his charitable foundation would triple its funding for tuberculosis eradication from $300m (€245.7m) to $900m (€737m) by 2015.

Gates triples TB eradication funds to $900m
Fri, 27 Jan, 2006 - 09:57
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Microsoft chairman and co-founder Bill Gates today said his charitable foundation would triple its funding for tuberculosis eradication from $300m (€245.7m) to $900m (€737m) by 2015.

The effort is part of a larger campaign announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to stop tuberculosis worldwide.

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