I STARTED WITH BILL GATES,
MICROSOFT COFOUNDER AND NOW, THE
WORLD'S LEADING PHILANTHROPISTS.
>> IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE BEST
INVESTMENT EVER MADE.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN IT?
>> OUR FOUNDATION PUT OVER
$10 BILLION OVER THE LAST 20
YEARS INTO SOME HEALTH DELIVERY
ORGANIZATIONS.
IN PARTICULAR ONE THAT BUYS THE
VACCINES FOR THE POOREST COUNTRY
AND ONE THAT BUYS DRUGS FOR HIV
AND MALARIA.
THEY REALLY HAVE A DRAMATIC
IMPACT.
SO, NOW WE HAVE EACH OF THOSE
ORGANIZATIONS GOING BACK OUT,
MOSTLY TO THE DONOR GOVERNMENT
SAY ARE YOU GOING TO RENEW THE
COMMITMENT HERE, SO WE CAN KEEP
IMPROVING THE HEALTH OUTCOMES.
ANYWAY YOU LOOK AT IT, FROM A
HUMANITARIAN POINT OF VIEW,
ECONOMIC POINT OF VIEW, IT IS
ONE OF THE BEST INVESTMENTS I
HAVE EVER BEEN INVOLVED IN.
>> HE MADE THE POINT THAT IT IS
ABOUT THE DISTRIBUTION OF
MEDICINES, AS MUCH AS THE
DEVELOPMENT OF VACCINES.
EXPLAIN WHY THAT IS IMPORTANT
AND WHY IT WAS AN IMPORTANT AND
SUCCESSFUL INVESTMENT.
>> WHAT WE SAW IN THE YEAR 2000
WHEN OUR FOUNDATION GOT GOING,
WAS THAT THERE IS A NEED TO
INVENT NEW TOOLS LIKE HIV
VACCINES, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF
VACCINES THAT COULD HAVE A HUGE
IMPACT, BUT THEY WERE NOT
GETTING.
THERE IS A PNEUMONIA VACCINE.
SO, THEY SAID WE WILL FINANCE
IT.
WE HAVE TO GET A SUPER LOW
PRICE, A BREAKEVEN PRICE AND
THEN GET IT OUT TO THE WORLD'S
POOREST CHILDREN WHO ARE 20
TIMES MORE AT RISK OF DYING IN
THESE DISEASES IT WAS AN
ECONOMIC DRIVEN THING IS HOW TO
DO DELIVERY AND HOW TO GET THE
RIGHT CONNECTION WITH THE
SECTOR, SO WE'VE GOTTEN SMARTER
OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS.
BUT, THAT SHOW PEOPLE THAT IF
