The Gates Foundation will spend $2.5 billion over the next five years on projects related to women¡¯s health, just as the U.S. government pulls back on science research and international development.
Bill Gates, chair of the foundation and co-founder of Microsoft Corp., also said in an interview that he recently spoke with President Donald Trump about the foundation¡¯s years-long work with the National Institutes of Health on a gene-based cure for HIV.
Trump was curious about the project, but Gates told him that the current level of backing was unknown.
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