Bill Gates donates $900,000 for war against AIDS

Bill Gates donates $900,000 for war against AIDS

Bill Gates continues to show why he is one of the most high prolific philanthropists in the world. Gates has just donated $900,000 to set up a training facility for health professionals working with AIDS in Africa’s Great Lakes region.

He was on a visit to Rwanda on Sunday and Monday and these funds have been offered to set up the Center for Training and Operation Research. This would benefit five countries including Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Dr. Agnes Binagwaho, executive secretary of Rwanda’s National Aids Commission spoke on this new initiative: “Such support from well-wishers will go a long way in helping developing countries achieve much in the war against the scourge.”

This facility would be managed by international experts under the coordination of Rwanda’s AIDS Treatment and Research Center.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation also announced the establishment of grants worth $287 million to create an international network of 16 labs to try new approaches for making a vaccine against AIDS.