MICROSOFT co-founder Bill Gates travelled by boat on Wednesday to a remote village in eastern India to check on the progress of a government campaign to eradicate polio that the billionaire is helping to fund.
Mr Gates, whose Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has committed nearly US$1 billion (S$1.38 billion) to health and development projects in India, met with health workers and discussed the strategy to fight polio with immunisation drives and an effective surveillance programme that identifies cases early.
Monday, May 17, 2010
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