Bill Gates foundation
gives $210 million to Seattle-based university
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[October 26, 2016]
(Reuters) - Microsoft founder Bill Gates through his foundation
has donated $210 million to an initiative based at the University of
Washington in Seattle aimed at improving people's health around the
world, university officials said on Tuesday.
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The gift from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, named after the
billionaire and his wife, will be used to construct a building at
the university to house its Population Health Initiative, the school
said.
The donation is one of the largest contributions to the University
of Washington in the 155-year-old institution's history, it said.
"Melinda and I are pleased to make this investment in the University
of Washington to help dramatically accelerate their 25-year vision
to achieve positive health outcomes for populations around the
world," Gates said in a statement.
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The statement from the University of Washington said the initiative
will focus on combating diseases and health disparities and healing
the environment, with the understanding that factors such as air
pollution contribute to illnesses.
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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is one of the largest private
charities in the world. In June, Gates announced a donation of
100,000 chickens to sub-Saharan Africans living in extreme poverty.
(Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis in Los Angeles; Editing by Bernard
Orr)
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