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In 2009, the Lancet published an issue with a provocative question on its cover: ‘What has the Gates Foundation done for global health?’ Featuring a research paper (McCoy et al., 2009), an editorial (Black et al., 2009), and a commentary (Lancet, 2009), the papers argued that, despite the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s (henceforth the Gates Foundation) much lauded and significant funding of various health projects and causes in low- and middle-income countries, a number of questions and concerns about the Foundation needed to be aired and debated.
When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.
Dom Hélder Câmara, former archbishop of Recife
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McCoy, D., McGoey, L. (2011). Global Health and the Gates Foundation — In Perspective. In: Rushton, S., Williams, O.D. (eds) Partnerships and Foundations in Global Health Governance. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230299474_7
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