‘I think amazing things can happen’
In an interview with the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Bill Gates tells why he decided to launch a revolution in global health, discusses the leaders he chose to direct it and outlines what's necessary for it to succeed.

A lifetime spent in the war on disease
Dr. William Foege was about to retire last year after a long and distinguished career when the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation asked him to work on the foundation’s new and unprecedented worldwide health initiatives.

A man who was a key player in eradicating smallpox, who brings strong connections with former President Jimmy Carter and who is a former director of the federal Centers for Disease Control, Foege says, "The problems seem overwhelming. But these are all solvable."

Modest demeanor, global vision
Persistence has paid off for Dr. Gordon Perkin. For decades, the soft-spoken, Toronto-born physician has pursued a public health vision for the developing world that frequently put him and his colleagues at odds with the leadership of the global health community. But Bill Gates saw in Perkin what he needed to lead his revolutionary worldwide health care initiative.

Mark Kane’s passion is saving lives
Dr. Mark Kane, director of the Bill and Melinda Gates Children’s Vaccine Program, the $100 million project catalyzing a global revolution in childhood immunization, has a split personality, albeit a highly effective one.

One Kane sorts through reams of conflicting technical evidence with the intellectual precision of a scientist. The other can push the moral imperative with the zeal of the stump speaker to move colleagues beyond mere technicalities or political obstacles.