BILL GATES HAILS INDIA’S EXPERTISE IN PUBLIC HEALTH
WASHINGTON : Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates has hailed India’s expertise in public health but underlined the need for it to do more in the nutrition and sanitation sector to improve child health and survival. “Almost everything has improved. I can’t think of anything that’s gotten worse,” Gates said.
WASHINGTON: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has hailed India’s expertise in public health but underlined the need for it to do more in the nutrition and sanitation sector to improve child health and survival.
Calling India’s public health a “mixed story”, Gates said though it has made progress in almost every area of public health, there is still a long way to go in some areas.
“Well, public health, you know, India’s definitely a mixed story where there are some really good, incredible things like the level of expertise in the country and the experts we work with,” Gates told PTI. He now heads the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which is engaged in major philanthropic work globally.
“And almost everything has improved. I can’t think of anything that’s gotten worse. But there are things like nutrition and sanitation where India still is — has a lot to do that could improve childhood health and survival pretty dramatically,” Gates said.
Globally, including India, the health sector has produced excellent results. For instance, childhood deaths, have dropped to 5.5 million now from 11 million a year in 1990, he said.