Their decision puts at stake one of the world's greatest fortunes and one of world's largest philanthropy operations.
The Gates Foundation has invested $1.75 billion in the fight against Covid-19
Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan On Monday inaugurated India's first pneumococcal conjugate vaccine "Pneumosil", which has been developed by the Serum Institute of India
Growing security challenges in recent years have made it increasingly difficult to run anti-polio campaigns in different parts of Pakistan
The Seattle-headquartered Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on Thursday announced that it will offer an additional $250 million to fund the research, development and equitable delivery of tools for Covid-19 tests, treatments and vaccines.
If the initiative, aided by Mr. Gates's fortune and focus, manages to help protect the world's poor from a virus it will affirm the strategies he has promoted in his philanthropic work
A very large portion of Covid-19 vaccines are likely to be manufactured in India through the country's strong and robust private sector partners, said Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation CEO Mark Suzman
India's challenge immense in coronavirus crisis immense because of its large population, says billionaire philanthropist
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be awarded by the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation for the Swachh Bharat campaign, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Monday. The minister of state in the Prime Minister's Office said the award will be given to Modi when he visits the United States this month. "Sh @narendramodi to receive award from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for #SwachhBharatAbhiyaan during his visit to the United States," Singh tweeted. He said the award is another moment of pride for every Indian as the prime minister's "diligent and innovative initiatives bring laurels from across the world". Modi had launched the Swachh Bharat Mission on October 2, 2014, as a national movement. The campaign aims to achieve the vision of a 'Clean India' by October 2 this year to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
That brings the total amount of stock he's given the foundations to about $34 billion since he made the pledge in 2006, according to a statement Monday
Viacom18, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and BBC Media Action join hands to bring India's first fiction television series on urban sanitation: Navrangi Re!
Funds for immunisation project to pour in even after February 28 deadline
Gates Foundation-backed unit had been funding secretariat of India's apex immunisation advisory body