President of the World Bank Paul Wolfowitz, left, embraces Nigeria's ...
27th Jan 2006, 12:05 GMT
(AP) - President of the World Bank Paul Wolfowitz, left, embraces Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo during a meeting entitled 'Next Steps for Africa' at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Friday Jan. 27, 2006. Microsoft Corp. chairman and co-founder Bill Gates said Friday that his charitable foundation will triple its funding for tuberculosis eradication from US$300 million to US$900 million by 2015. The effort is part of a larger campaign announced at the World Economic Forum to stop tuberculosis worldwide. The disease claimed 1.6 million lives in 2005. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)