Bill Gates met and discussed strengthening cooperation in combating diseases
Mohamed bin Zayed: We will continue to support initiatives that aim to achieve a better life for humanity
Mohamed bin Zayed during his meeting with Bill Gates in Abu Dhabi.
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His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, confirmed, through a tweet on Twitter, that "Niger's announcement of its readiness to become the first African country to eliminate river blindness is one of the biggest steps taken by (the Fund). Reaching the Last Mile) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, in the fight against tropical diseases, and we will continue to support initiatives that create a better life for humanity.”
His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
His Highness and Bill Gates discussed, during the meeting in Abu Dhabi, enhancing humanitarian cooperation between the relevant institutions in the UAE and the Bill Gates Foundation in the field of disease control, in addition to reviewing the results of joint cooperation and future initiatives, a decade after the first charitable cooperation between the two sides.
His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan praised the level of cooperation between the two sides and the results achieved, based on the common concern to extend a helping hand to all people so that they could enjoy a healthy and dignified life, stressing the importance of intensifying efforts to eliminate preventable infectious diseases. and improving the lives of the world's poorest communities.
For his part, the co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation valued the role of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and his global humanitarian initiatives, which are a major partner of the Foundation in its efforts to eradicate diseases, noting that the important support provided by the UAE contributes to helping many peoples in Improving her life, by upgrading the health care sectors, eradicating diseases, and enhancing her humanitarian situation in various regions of the world.
It is noteworthy that Niger announced the completion of the necessary assessments to certify the eradication of river blindness, in what is considered one of the most significant achievements in the fight against neglected tropical diseases.
Over the past decade, cooperation between the UAE and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has achieved a number of global health initiatives and major achievements.
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Over the past decade, the cooperation between the UAE and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has achieved a number of global health initiatives and major achievements.
Global health initiatives, which are jointly supported by both sides, contribute to improving the lives of hundreds of millions of people in different regions of the world.
The Niger declaration to complete the necessary assessments to certify the eradication of "river blindness" is one of the most prominent achievements in the fight against neglected tropical diseases, which bore fruit in joint efforts.
The partnership between the UAE and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has expanded since its launch in 2011, to include a group of initiatives to reach the last mile, which seeks to invest in a sustainable way to support global health issues, which include the eradication of infectious diseases.
These initiatives have a common commitment, and stemmed from the commitment to eradicate polio, by supporting the global initiative to eradicate polio, to address other global health issues, and the initiatives to reach the last mile derive support and momentum from the personal commitment of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince Abu Dhabi, Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces.
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