# Bill gates gives $900 million to fight TB

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**Created:** [January 27, 2006, 4:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bill-gates-gives-900-million-to-fight-tb/176877 "2006-01-27T16:55:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 4:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bill-gates-gives-900-million-to-fight-tb/176877/1 "2006-01-27T16:55:38Z")

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link: [http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060127/hl\_nm/davos\_health\_tb\_dc\_4](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.