Bill Gates in India to receive Indira Gandhi Peace Prize

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Bill Gates in India to receive Indira Gandhi Peace Prize

23 Jul 2009,

NEW DELHI: Bill Gates, the founder of software giant Microsoft, is in India to

receive the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and

Development on behalf of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation that has been

actively working here in the field of health and development, especially

HIV/AIDS.

Gates will also meet Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad here

Friday.

According to officials at the foundation, he has a tightly packed schedule but

the main focus of Gates' visit is accepting the prize on behalf of the

foundation.

" The foundation has been working actively on a range of issues, including

HIV/AIDS. During his visit, therefore, he will highlight the key milestones of

the foundation, " an official said.

In 2003, the foundation launched Avahan, a 10-year initiative to support India's

efforts to reduce the spread of HIV. To achieve this the foundation has been

working with vulnerable communities like sex workers, drug injectors, and men

having sex with men, among others, in six states of the country.

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