The world’s richest man Bill Gates together with the British government have teamed up to help fight the world’s deadiest killer disease, malaria in the next five years.
The Microsoft Co-founder and the British chancellor, George Osborne said in the statement that the £3 billion will definitely help to fight the deadly mosquito-borne disease which is said to have killed over 430,000 people in 2015 and left over 200 million infected, according to World Health organization.
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will be contributing $200 million every year including this year 2016 while the British government will also contribute £500 million which is about $710 million in the joint effort.
The last 15 years, malaria death rate reduced to 60% world wide and that’s why the World Health Organisation is working so hard to reduce the number of malaria infection and death cases by at least 90% in the next 14 years.
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