Bill Gates pledges $287 million to HIV/Aids research.
It was just last month that Warren Buffet announced he was giving away most of his fortune to the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation. Now, Mr. Gates and his philantrophic endeavours make headlines again- this time for pledging a quarter of a billion dollars to HIV/Aids research, to be given over a period of five years to 16 scientific teams around the world. I think this qualifies as a ray of hope in what's become an increasingly dire health crisis, particularly in Africa. It's good to see Bill Gates applying his formidable intellect and business acumen to the business of helping people- and not with token measures either.
As this illuminating Guardian Society article about a recent trip he took to Africa shows, he really does want to save the world. The man looks at the big picture and puts his money where he thinks it'll make the most difference to the greatest number of people- and with more money than several countries put together, he's got a good shot at making the world a better place. It might not be too early to say that Bill Gates stands to be remembered as a philanthropist on the level of Carnegie.
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