Bill Gates donates £38 million to help fight Alzheimer’s
The donation to the Dementia Discovery Fund is personal and not through Mr Gates’ charitable foundation.
Bill Gates said he is giving $50 million (£38 million) to help fight Alzheimer’s disease.
The Microsoft co-founder said the donation to the Dementia Discovery Fund is personal and not through his charitable foundation.
The London-based private fund is backed by government, charities and pharmaceutical firms and seeks new treatments for the progressive, irreversible neurological disease.
In a statement, Mr Gates said men in his family have suffered from Alzheimer’s, adding that he is hopeful that in time Alzheimer’s could be a chronic condition treatable with medication.
Mr Gates said the first treatments for the disease might not be feasible for a decade or more and would initially be expensive.
He added that the Gates Foundation might consider how to expand access in poorer countries when treatments are developed.
