Bill Gates Urges Political, Private Sector Leadership To Support More Innovation In Health, Technology

Seattle Times: Bill Gates urges political leaders: Don’t forget to strive for ‘life-changing’ goals
“…In a post Thursday on his Gates Notes blog, [Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill] Gates said he’s been thinking recently about a topic he says Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have not addressed in detail: ‘what political leadership can do to accelerate innovation.’ What follows is a 1,500-word plea for renewed political commitment to bold goals like developing a vaccine for HIV and the kind of public sector investments that, with private sector help, can bring them to fruition…” (Day, 10/6).

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