In advance of World Tuberculosis (TB) Day on 24 March, the World Health Organization (WHO) today (21 March) warned the international community of the costs of neglecting to treat the disease early in children despite available remedies.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has announced today (15 March) that it is giving $220 million to non-profit biotechnology firm, Aeras, to fund research and testing of anti-tuberculosis vaccines. The Gates Foundation is already committed to the fight against the disease, but is aiming to achieve specific goals through the new grant. According to Trevor Mundel, President of the Gates Foundation’s Global Health Program, a successful vaccine “would be the single greatest advance in the global fight against tuberculosis”.
Italy - A Turin court has found Swiss millionaire, Stephan Schmidheiny, and Belgian Baron, Jean Louis de Cartier, guilty of environmental disaster and wilful non-compliance with safety regulations in the Eternit asbestos trial.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has invested $750 million in The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Bill Gates announced a $750 million promissory note, allowing the Global Fund to continue its lifesaving programs through 2016 and bringing the Foundation’s total investment in the fund to $ 1.4 billion.
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