A bit of good news...
Feb. 19th, 2007 09:45 pmBillionaire philanthropist Bill Gates and Prime Minister Stephen Harper are expected to announce joint financing plans on Tuesday to test a possible vaccine for HIV.
And, you know, generally speaking if Stephen Lewis is feeling optimistic, so am I.
"Gates doesn't put a significant amount of money into vaccine research unless he's absolutely certain that it might yield something down the road," Stephen Lewis, the former UN secretary-general's special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, told CBC Newsworld on Monday.
And, you know, generally speaking if Stephen Lewis is feeling optimistic, so am I.
"Gates doesn't put a significant amount of money into vaccine research unless he's absolutely certain that it might yield something down the road," Stephen Lewis, the former UN secretary-general's special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, told CBC Newsworld on Monday.