The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced that Dr. Trevor Mundel has been named president of the foundation’s Global Health Program. Dr. Mundel is currently global head of development for Novartis Pharma AG and is based in Basel, Switzerland. Bill Gates, co-chair of the foundation, said, “We are very pleased that Dr. Mundel has agreed to lead our global health program. He brings tremendous scientific and medical credentials, in the lab and in the clinic.  We look forward to working with him to help improve the health of people in the world’s poorest countries.”  In this role, Dr. Mundel “will lead the foundation’s efforts to develop and deliver drugs, vaccines, and other tools to fight developing-world diseases, such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and take the world closer to the goal of polio eradication. He will oversee the foundation’s global health grant portfolio, which includes more than $14.7 billion in grants to date.”

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