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Bill Gates makes $10 billion vaccines pledge
(Agencies)
Updated: 2010-01-29 22:31
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 Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his spouse Melinda Gates walk through the main lobby at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 29, 2010. [Agencies] |
DAVOS, Switzerland: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda say their foundation will donate $10 billion over the next decade to research new vaccines and bring them to the world's poorest countries.
Bill Gates said in a statement issued on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos that "we must make this the decade of vaccines."
Gates added that "innovation will make it possible to save more children than ever before."
