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"The experience of 2003 serves as a reminder to be humble as we move forward. But humility does not mean fatalism," he wrote. The rest of his letter, which reads more like a cross between an annual report and an extended blog entry, shares short stories on the current direction of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Gates says vaccines are the most cost-effective health tool ever invented. He reminds his readers that 1.4 million children will die this year from diseases for which there are already vaccines
-- like measles, pneumonia and tetanus. Melinda Gates has made maternal and child health issues her special focus. Gates writes that progress has been made in this area as well, but more than 8 million children under 5 still die every year. He said he is getting frustrated with the slow progress in the fight against AIDS. "I am willing to be viewed as a troublemaker by people who are happy with the status quo," he wrote. ___ Online:
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/annual-letter/
2011/Pages/infographics.aspx
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