Gates Foundation donates $10 billion for vaccines in developing countries
"We must make this the decade of vaccines."
Bill and Melinda Gates announced today in Davos, Switzerland, that their foundation would donate $10 billion over the next 10 years to help research, develop and deliver vaccines to the world's poorest countries.
The donation comes only a day after the publication of research reports showing the success of a new vaccine against rotavirus-induced diarrhea in developing countries.
Broken link? Search for the story here
comment on this article
print article
bookmark articlemore great news
- Windpipe transplant success in UK child
- Bonobos opt to share their food
- EU nations have decided to support a ban on international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna until stock
- US plans ‘dramatic reductions’ in nuclear weapons
- US seeks Atlantic bluefin tuna ban in challenge to Japan
- Milliband urges homeowners to ‘go green’
- M&S aims to be most sustainable store
- M&S calls for ‘Your Green Ideas’
