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(14 Nov 2002)
1. Bill Gates walking into hospital with Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh state
2. Various of Bill Gates giving children polio vaccine
3. Various of child being vaccinated, with Gates watching
4. Various of children in hospital
5. Wide shot hospital ward
6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Bill Gates, Microsoft Chairman
"I had a chance to help with the vaccination of several of the children and the interest of the mothers in coming to get these free vaccinations knowing that under the new programme that they are one hundred percent safe, was very gratifying."
7. Various of Gates walking about meeting locals
8. Wide shot sign 'Round Table on Immunization services in Andhra Pradesh'
9. Various of Gates at round table
10. Various of bill boards thanking Gates for his support on immunisation programme
11. Wide shot street

STORYLINE:

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates visited tech-savvy Andhra Pradesh state, India on Thursday to talk business and immunize children, winding up an Indian tour during which he pledged to pump 500 (m) million (US) dollars into the country.

Gates met Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and senior health officials to review the progress of a child
immunisation programme funded by his foundation.

He visited a community health clinic in rural Mehbubnagar, 50 kilometres (31 miles) south of the state capital Hyderabad, and launched the second phase of a hepatitis B immunisation program aimed at helping more than one (m) million Indian children each year.

Gates toured the clinic, administering doses of oral polio vaccine to several children.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has committed 12.5 (m) million (US) dollars for the five-year immunisation program.

There are about 43 (m) million hepatitis B virus carriers in India who are at risk of chronic liver diseases, including
liver cancer.

In Shadnagar, a town near the clinic, hundreds of people lined the road and perched on rooftops, hoping to glimpse
the richest man in the world.

On Monday, Gates pledged 100 (m) million (US) dollars from his foundation to fight AIDS in India.

Gates praised Naidu, the state's top elected official, for speaking out in favor of AIDS prevention - still a taboo
topic in many parts of India.

The Indian government thanked Gates for his grant to fight AIDS, but some senior officials and health activists have
accused him of mentioning inflated figures about the extent of the disease.

India rejected the U.S. National Intelligence Council report cited by Gates, which forecasts the number of HIV-infected people in India will rise to 20-25 million by 2010 from about 4 million now.

Gates' foundation is funding 25 (m) million US dollars in health projects in Andhra Pradesh, including development of an oral vaccine against severe diarrhea, which kills 250,000 children in India each year.

Hyderabad, a leader in India's computer software boom, is home to Microsoft's only software development centre
outside the United States.

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