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Support to govt from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to continue

Funds for immunisation project to pour in even after February 28 deadline

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Rajesh Bhayani Mumbai

The Indian government will maintain ties with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and will continue to get grants from the organisation for its health and immunisation projects, even after the project deadline, which expires at the end of this month. BMGF has set the elimination of malaria, tuberculosis, HIV, malnutrition, preventable deaths and inequities in health as its priorities for 2017.

BMGF has offered a grant to the Public Health Foundation of India for techno-managerial support through an Immunization Technical Support Unit (ITSU), which is managed by the health ministry and comes to an end in February 2017. At