Davos Annual Meeting 2006 - Not Gone, but Almost Forgotten

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Channel: World Economic Forum · 2009 · News & Politics

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27.01.2006

While rarely in the headlines, diseases such as malaria and TB kill millions of people each year. Though progress is being made on prevention and treatments for these and other such diseases, it is not moving fast enough. 
1) Who will provide the funds to tackle these diseases? 
2) Could fresh approaches, like the Innovative Finance Facility for Immunization and Advanced Market Commitments, accelerate progress?
3) How can developing countries take more of a lead in driving these changes?
Gordon Brown, Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom
William H. Gates III, Chairman and Chief Software Architect, Microsoft Corporation, USA
Christopher Murray, Director, Global Health Initiative, Harvard University, USA
Olusegun Obasanjo, President of Nigeria
Jens Stoltenberg, Prime Minister of Norway
Giulio Tremonti, Vice-President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Economy and Finance of Italy
Chaired by
Fareed Zakaria, Editor, Newsweek International, USA; Young Global Leader

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