Bill Gates lauds India’s triumph over polio
Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates met Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and praised India’s triumph over polio, even as the software tycoon’s foundation is also helping India contain...
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Indian government-Gates foundation seek to improve healthcare in Africa
India has found a new gateway to project its Africa diplomacy as it explores a partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation which is engaged in a range of activities in the emerging...
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Sulabh toilet model looks to fulfill Gates’ low-cost toilet dream
Sulabh International founder Bindeshwar Pathak Sunday said Microsoft founder Bill Gates could adopt his NGO’s model to build low-cost toilets in Asia, Africa and Latin America to put an end to open...
View ArticlePharmas, Gates foundation tie up to find new TB drugs
Pharmaceutical companies and research institutions in association with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have stepped up efforts to aid research on a new drug for tuberculosis (TB), a disease that...
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Dangerous new breed of mosquitoes discovered
Entomologists have discovered an unknown but potentially dangerous malaria-transmitting mosquito in western Kenya which prefers to bite people earlier in the evening, soon after sunset. Its DNA also...
View ArticleNew meningitis vaccine that can be stored at room temp provides new hope
In a remarkable breakthrough that could be a major blow against meningitis in poor countries, researchers say that WHO has given the green light to a key vaccine which can be transported or stored for...
View ArticleMumbai might be on the brink of drug-resistant TB epidemic: Expert
Mumbai is again grappling with drug-resistant TB. Over 25% people diagnosed with tuberculosis at a Mumbai clinic weren’t responding to the main line of treatment against the disease. Some 160 of the...
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Polio eradication: The show must go on
Once one of the most feared diseases worldwide which was responsible for paralysing many children, polio has been contained to a large extent. There are with only three epidemic countries left in the...
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Bill Gates will pay $100,000 for a more pleasurable condom!
Not for himself of course but for the developing world! That condoms are by far one of the greatest inventions of mankind no one can deny. They remain till now the most cost-effective method of...
View ArticleGates Foundation to continue supporting Kerala sanitation projects
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) has committed to continue supporting sanitation projects in India and make the facility affordable and accessible for people. ‘We are keen on extending...
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