Microsoft CEO Bill Gates and his wife Melinda will announce a contribution of $ 25 million to the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), the largest single philanthropic gift ever made to the research against AIDS, science has learned. "Bill and Melinda Gates are very excited and pleased to work with organizations making such a difference in global health," says Trevor Neilson, a spokesman for the William H. Gates Foundation.
IAVI will receive 5 $ million per year for the next 5 years of the foundation, which last June gave the new York-based non-profit of $ 1.5 million. According to Neilson, $ 13.5 million will fund up to three new international teams of vaccine development against AIDS. another $ 3.5 million will support these two teams met last year to develop vaccines against HIV specifically for Kenya and South Africa. Between 2.5 million and $ 3.5 million will go to the program of applied research, advocacy and trial preparation IAVI in developing countries, and operational support. "This historic act of generosity will allow us to dramatically accelerate scientific endeavor, "said Seth Berkley, president of IAVI.
The new grant will be two chests of IAVI to nearly $ 50 million and is expected to significantly increase the capacity of the Institute to carry out development and human trials of these vaccines. The National Institutes of Health is by far the biggest player in the field, now spend $ 0 million annually in R & D vaccine against HIV. The iconoclastic IAVI, however, hopes to address the problem of a novel angle, marrying academics from both rich and poor countries with cash-strapped businesses.
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