Bill gates gives $900 million to fight TB

link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060127/hl_nm/davos_health_tb_dc_4

Microsoft Corp’s founder Bill Gates pledged $900 million to fight tuberculosis on Friday, kick-starting a $31 billion funding drive against a disease which kills one person every 15 seconds.

Tuberculosis has reached alarming proportions in Africa and other poor countries, where co-infection with HIV/AIDS makes a deadly combination…

that’s awesome.