Issues relating to Immunization programme, Pentavalent vaccine, Polio vaccination efforts, HIV control and capacity building were discussed during the meeting held in Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, said a press release.
Bill Gates noted that intensification of efforts for eradicating Polio are very evident by the 2010 figures now available. He offered that his Foundation would be happy to help with comprehensive family planning services as the Ministry would deem fit.
“Azad thanked the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for extending help in bringing about innovations in health, development and learning to the Indian community. He also urged the Gates to continue their support for the fourth phase of the National AIDS Control Programme so that the momentum of the programme is maintained,” the release said.
The software billionaire and founder of Microsoft, along withhis wife who co-chair the international philanthropic organisation Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is in India to meet policy makers, NGO partners and community leaders.
Incidentally, his partner in philanthropy, Warren Buffett, is also visiting India.
Visiting Bihar today
The philanthropist and his wife is reaching Patna on Wednesday morning. They are expected to visit a few places where the philanthropic works of the Foundation are in progress.