SWITZERLAND: BILL GATES ANNOUNCES BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION WILL EARMARK $100 MILLION IN THE SEARCH FOR AN AIDS VACCINE

Record ID: 647007

  • Title: SWITZERLAND: BILL GATES ANNOUNCES BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION WILL EARMARK $100 MILLION IN THE SEARCH FOR AN AIDS VACCINE
  • Date: 29th January 2001
  • Summary: DAVOS, SWITZERLAND (JANUARY 29, 2001) (REUTERS) 1. HAS OUTSIDE OF DAVOS WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM 0.06 2. LV GROUP OF PEOPLE WALKING 0.11 3. SV SWIZZ POLICE 0.17 4. SV/MV/TRACK BILL GATES WALKING AND ENTERING BUILDING (3 SHOTS) 0.40 5. MV POLICE GUARDING, PASSERS BY 0.51 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 13th February 2001 12:00
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  • Location: DAVOS, SWITZERLAND
  • Country: Switzerland
  • Reuters ID: LVA6UEGWAPNCTCLN417V5BJJPQZE
  • Story Text: Microsoft Inc. mogul Bill Gates announced that his
    foundation will earmark $100 million in the search for an AIDS
    vaccine.



    Gates, whose Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has been
    established to fund health and education projects, made the
    announcement at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

    "The leaders gathered here should go away from Davos with
    a unanimous and absolute commitment to the International AIDS
    Vaccine Initiative (IAVI). A vaccine is the only way to end
    AIDS for all time," Gates told the World Economic Forum.

    An IAVI statement said AIDS is the world's number one
    cause of death among infectious diseases, and that it killed
    500,000 children and 2.5 million adults last year, according
    to the World Health Organization and UNAIDS.

    Gates' commitment extends from 2002 to 2006, during which
    time the Initiative hopes 25 possible vaccines will be
    introduced into development and comparison trials, said IAVI.





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