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Gordon Brown matches Bill Gates' generosity

Of course he used our cash
By Nick Farrell
Wed Jan 26 2005, 09:48
SCOTTISH CHANCELLOR Gordon Broon is not going to allow the world's richest man to out class Blighty when it comes to generosity.

Broon, a member of the Socialist Party, has pledged that he (us) will match a $750m donation from Bill Gates, Microsoft creator, for a fund to support vaccines in developing countries.

Broon said he will ask other wealthy donor countries to contribute a further $1 billion over the next 10 years to bring a special vaccine fund's total resources to around $5 billion.

14-year-old-chancellor-tony-blairAccording to the Financial Times, this amount of cash will enable the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (Gavi) to tap financial markets and borrow money against its future resources.

Brown said that the money will save five million lives by 2015 and another five million after that date. The full story can be found here. µ

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