Bill and Melinda Gates Talk Science

摘要

The philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates were in Washington, D.C., last weekend talking about the power of science to save and improve the lives of the poor. The occasion was the 150th annual meeting of the National Academy of Sciences, where they received the academy's most prestigious honor, the Public Welfare Medal, shared by the likes of Norman Borlaug, Donald A. Henderson, William Foege, and John D. Rockefeller Jr. The Gateses were commended for changing the trajectory of international public health through their foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which since it began in 2000 has awarded more than $20 billion in grants in global health and development.