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Gates: Aid for Global Health Programs Works

Despite losing $18 billion of his net worth in the financial collapse, Bill Gates remains a self-described "impatient optimist"--about global health, that is. He stepped down as Microsoft CEO in June 2008 to devote more time to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the largest philanthropic organization in the world. He and his wife, Melinda, met with NEWSWEEK's Jerry Guo in Washington last week before a major speech to policymakers on health programs. Excerpts:

There's been a backlash against the idea that more aid is always better. What do you say to the skeptics?BILL:

By Jerry Guo

Saturday, October 31, 2009

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