Gates to Launch Initiative Against Tropical Diseases

The philanthropist Bill Gates, who founded the software giant Microsoft, has announced plans to launch the largest ever initiative to tackle 10 Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD).

The campaign is aimed at coordinating improvements in drug supply and delivery, research and development and infrastructure in order to control or eliminate NTDs by 2020.

It is being backed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the British Department for International Development (DFID), the World Bank and 13 pharmaceutical companies.

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