Gates
Foreign aid may provide the best value for money spent by the U.S. government, Bill and Melinda Gates said on Tuesday, but few seem to know it.
They launched a new project to try to publicize some public health successes in foreign aid, to encourage the U.S. and other governments to keep giving money.
"Dollar for dollar, global health is America's best investment for saving lives," Gates told reporters. "U.S.-supported global health programs are saving and improving the lives of millions of people."
Gates, the billionaire Microsoft founder who retired in 2008, has given millions of his own money to programs such as the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization or GAVI and the Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
But he said government money is vital, too, and a new website, www.livingproofproject.org, shows it is working, he said.
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