Every life has equal value, believes the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation which works 'to reduce inequities and improve lives around the world'.
India was foremost on Bill Gates' healthcare plans. Gates believes that a country with such huge potential should not be burdened with dreaded diseases like AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome).
India has one of the largest HIV-infected populations in the world and this shocking facts about the HIV affected population drew his attention to this country.
Announcing one of the biggest grants for AIDS, the Bill Gates Foundation started its operations in India in 2003. The Foundation has invested a whopping $258 million to eradicate the killer disease from India.
The Foundation's goal "is to help apply science and technology to the problems of the neediest people", says Bill Gates.
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