Bill Gates visiting India on polio eradication mission
Nov 3, 2008 - 7:55:39 PM
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Last year, the country reported 874 cases, over 90 percent of them from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
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By IANS,
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New Delhi, Nov 3 - Microsoft founder Bill Gates will meet Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss Wednesday and launch a major initiative for India's public healthcare with a special focus on eradicating polio, a disease that the country is combatting for years.
According to the health ministry, Gates, the co-chairman of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation founded by him and his wife, will meet Ramadoss and discuss the progress the country has made in polio eradication.
Other than attending a roundtable meeting, Gates is likely to meet with World Health Organisation - officials and senior Rotarians to take stock of the situation in India.
India is one of the few countries grappling to control the disease that affects children below the age of five. Till Oct 31, the country has reported 499 cases of polio, a whopping 35 percent of the cases reported worldwide.
Last year, the country reported 874 cases, over 90 percent of them from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
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