In Jakarta, Gates will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Dato Sri Tahir (chairman and CEO of the Mayapada Group, an Indonesia-based conglomerate) as well as eight other Indonesian businessmen who will each donate USD $5 million to the Indonesia Health Fund. Through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Gates will donate USD $40 million to the new fund.

Based on data from the World Health Organization (WHO), about 50 percent of the Indonesian population lives in malaria-endemic regions. Each year, approximately 30,000 people disease due to malaria in Indonesia (from an annual 30 million malaria cases across the country).

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