The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation members hold meeting with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Patna on August 29, 2009.The eight-member Gates Foundation team visited several flood-hit areas in Bihar before meeting Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar at a high-level meeting.
The members of the team discusssed various health schemes. It is learnt that the team was impressed with the success rate of the health schemes launched in Bihar.
The team, which arrived on August 26, visited flood-affected Madhepura and Samastipur districts to explore areas where the foundation could extend help. It is already working in the state through an NGO in the field of visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar).
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui
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