[Am-info] Gates Op-ed in Sunday's NYT

[Joe Barr]

I think the concern is genuine.

He doesn't want any interruption of the flow of cheap H1B programmers.



On Sat, 2002-11-09 at 09:45, Stuart J. Hysom wrote:
> Interesting Op-ed piece by BG about AIDS in India in today's New York=20
> Times.  Not to be too cynical, but it looks like M$ is trying to change=20
> its PR image.  Interesting timing as well.  Comments?
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> Stuart Hysom
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> Slowing the Spread of AIDS in India
> By BILL GATES
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> NEW DELHI
> India is well on its way to becoming a global economic superpower. Its=20
> economy has significantly outpaced much of Asia in recent years, its=20
> internationally competitive information technology and pharmaceutical=20
> industries are projected to grow dramatically this decade, and the=20
> country's purchasing power is now the fourth largest in the world, after=20
> the United States, China and Japan.
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> But much of this progress will be threatened by AIDS.
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> SNIP
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> Having failed to prevent enormous human suffering already experienced in=20
> Africa, the international community has an opportunity to support=20
> India's efforts to stem its AIDS crisis before it's too late.
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> SNIP
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> Over the years, I have developed close professional and personal ties to=20
> India. India's rapidly growing software sector has made the country a=20
> critical partner to many American companies, including Microsoft.=20
> India's teachers, scientists and business professionals are laying the=20
> foundation for extraordinary economic and social change that would be=20
> threatened by AIDS.
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> The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is in India this week to make a=20
> long-term commitment to Indian partners for a major new prevention=20
> initiative aimed at mobile populations. The initiative will focus on=20
> proven prevention strategies, such as voluntary counseling and testing,=20
> condom distribution, and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases as=20
> well as public education programs to reduce the fear and stigma of AIDS.
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> We know how to prevent the spread of H.I.V. and AIDS. The choice now is=20
> clear and stark: India can either be the home of the world's largest and=20
> most devastating AIDS epidemic =97 or, with the support of the rest of th=
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> world, it can become the best example of how this virus can be defeated.
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