Gates donates 10 billion dollars to help poor countries develop vaccines

Xinhua News agency, Zurich, January 29 (reporter Chen Wenxian Liu Guoyuan) Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda Gate announced 29th in Davos, Switzerland, the name of their husband and wife, the foundation will provide 10 billion U.S. dollars in the next 10 years to help the world's poorest countries to develop and use vaccines. ' The vaccine has saved the lives of millions of people in developing countries, ' Mr. Gates said at a news conference that day.　　By improving technology and innovation, vaccines can save more lives. The 10-year project will focus on developing vaccines for AIDS, tuberculosis, rotavirus and pneumonia. Mr. and Mrs. Gates expect the project to help save the lives of children under the age of 7,600,005 between 2010 and 2019. If the malaria vaccine can be launched in 2014, the total number of saved children will increase to 8.7 million.