Bill Gates warns he can't make up funding difference after US government stripped global health payments: report
Source: The Independent
Bill Gates warns he can’t make up funding difference after US government stripped global health payments: report
Cuts to foreign aid have resulted in disruptions to life-saving health care in multiple countries
Julia Musto
in New York
Billionaire Bill Gates is reportedly appealing to the White House to keep funding global health programs – and warning that his own foundation is unable to fill in gaps.
The Microsoft co-founder recently met with the National Security Council and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, Reuters reported, citing two sources familiar with the matter.
“Bill was recently in Washington, D.C., meeting with decision-makers to discuss the life-saving impact of U.S. international assistance and the need for a strategic plan to protect the world’s most vulnerable while safeguarding America’s health and security,” a spokesperson for the Gates Foundation, told the news agency.
Gates allegedly told officials that his foundation cannot replace the role of federal assistance, and Gates Foundation directors have also said publicly that no foundation has that ability. The nonprofit’s budget last year totaled $8.6 billion - a fraction of what Trump and his team have cut in foreign aid.
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