Bill Clinton and Bill Gates, Congress Testimony On Global Health

Bill Clinton and Bill Gates Urge More Spending On Global Health Initiative

The two Bill's teamed up in Washington Wednesday, Bill Clinton and Bill Gates testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings on global health both urging that the Obama administration should spend more on global health issues.

Former President Bill Clinton and former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates agree that the United States needs to be more visible when it comes to spending on global health.  Issues such as AIDS prevention, malaria, dysentery and other diseases plaguing many parts of the developing world need the urgent attention from the United States.

President Bill Clinton who now heads the Clinton Foundation which is active in global health said spending on international health is not only the right thing to do but the smart thing to do

Bill Gates  is actively involved in global health issues through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has announced that it will spend $10 billion over the next 10 years on vaccinating the children of the world. Sen Dick Luger noted that both the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Clinton Foundation are in many cases more visible representations of the USA than the US government itself.
Gates said that even though foundations are spending billions and billions it is simply not enough
 
Currently, President Obama has slotted $9.7 billion for spending on global health in the 2011 budget both Bill Gates and Bill Clinton would like to see that number increase.