Gates gives $83 to fight TB

***Brian Turner*** · 13-02-2004, 11:43 AM

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A foundation set up by Microsoft chairman Bill Gates is giving away $83m help fight tuberculosis.

The disease, which is said by the World Health Organization to kill nearly 2m people each year, is developing forms that are now resistant to antibiotics.

The money will go to the Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation to fund current clinical trials and research new ideas.

"It's unacceptable that TB continues to kill someone every 15 seconds," Richard Klausner of the Gates Foundation said. He announced the grant on the first day of the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting here in Washington State.

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Two billion people - one out of every three people on Earth - are infected with the TB pathogen, a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Once in decline, the disease is now experiencing a resurgence, fuelled by the HIV/Aids epidemic. It is now the leading killer of people infected with the virus, and has also become the single biggest killer in developing nations of women aged between 15 and 44.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3484139.stm

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*Brian Turner* Business Guru Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Near Inverness, Highlands, Scotland Posts: 7,716	Gates gives $83 to fight TB Windows operating systems give to the poor. excerpt: A foundation set up by Microsoft chairman Bill Gates is giving away $83m help fight tuberculosis. The disease, which is said by the World Health Organization to kill nearly 2m people each year, is developing forms that are now resistant to antibiotics. The money will go to the Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation to fund current clinical trials and research new ideas. "It's unacceptable that TB continues to kill someone every 15 seconds," Richard Klausner of the Gates Foundation said. He announced the grant on the first day of the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting here in Washington State. ... Two billion people - one out of every three people on Earth - are infected with the TB pathogen, a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Once in decline, the disease is now experiencing a resurgence, fuelled by the HIV/Aids epidemic. It is now the leading killer of people infected with the virus, and has also become the single biggest killer in developing nations of women aged between 15 and 44. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3484139.stm __________________ SEO specialist

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