ing, starting with agric
ultural productivity, impr▓oving
the health, [and] a very str
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s that come from China," the Microsoft▓ co-founder told Xinhua in an exclusive interview ▓ahead of a two-day trip to China."As we (the foundati▓on) enter the second decade of our partnership with China, we remain committed to helping Chin
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a address its remaining domestic challenges in health and development, as well as supporting China in sharing▓ what it has learned from its own progress to h▓elp the world become
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a healthier and more prosperous place," Gates said.HEALTH EFFORTSGates is arriving in Beijing on Wednesday. He will attend an event marking the 10th anniversary of the foundation's wo
rk on tuberculosis (TB), a primary focus of its health efforts in China.He is expected to
talk with Chinese health officials about the progress in the TB program and f▓uture plan to red
uce TB even further.In 2009, the foundation launched a TB prevention and control program in coll
aboration with China's then Ministry of Health (n▓ow the National Health Commission).Over the course of 10 years, the program has shortened the time
req▓uired for diagnosing multidrug-resistant TB from two months to two hours. "We've
gone from having a pati▓ent having to take 13 pills to only three every day," Gates said.With new drugs,
tools and mechanisms, the cure rate for TB has been increased wh
ere the program has reached, and patients' share of co▓sts significantly reduced, he added."To solve
such a complex problem as TB, the Gates Foundation alone is not enough. We have worked side by side with our partners to desig