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Bill Gates on a sojourn in Bihar: Images

13/05/2010

Bill Gates on a sojourn in Bihar: Images



Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates was on a mission of different sorts when he visited the poverty-stricken state of Bihar on Wednesday. A man on a humanitarian mission, Gates visited the Alauli block in Khagaria and the Katoria block in Banka district to review the Foundation's work on polio, Kala-azar and tuberculosis eradication programmes. He also reviewed the progress of schemes for alleviating maternal and infant mortality rates in these areas.

Bill Gates on a sojourn in Bihar: Images

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates (L) waves as he take a ride on a boat during his visit to a backward village of Khagaria in Bihar on Wednesday. Gates visited the Alauli block in Khagaria and the Katoria block in Banka district to review the Bill & Melinda Foundation's work on polio, Kala-azar and tuberculosis eradication programmes. PTI

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