title: A conversation with the leaders of the Gates Foundation's Global Health Program: Gordon Perkin and William Foege.
abstract: Over the past 3 years, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has committed more than $1.7 billion to help prevent and eradicate diseases that afflict people living in the world's poorest nations. The gifts have revitalized a number of major global health initiatives that in recent years had lost momentum and helped to refocus the world's attention on the health crises facing many developing nations.
authors.affiliation: The Lancet, London, UK.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Perkin
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Foege
mesh_terms: D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003906:Developing Countries; D005582:Foundations / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014943:Global Health; D006292:Health Priorities; D006801:Humans; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D008486:Physician Executives / Q000523:psychology; D012109:Research Support as Topic