Covering the business of education and training

All things considered, Bill Gates knows how to give money away.

Gates has teamed up with the University of Washington (UW), $105 million and $20 million respectively to create  "the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, a new research center that will conduct independent, rigorous evaluations of health programs worldwide."

The gift is the largest private gift in the history of UW.

Dr. Christopher Murray, a world-renowned health economist, will head up the institute.

The three main areas of focus - 

• "Health monitoring: Collecting and analyzing data on health indicators and trends, such as the prevalence of major diseases and the availability of health services
  
  
• Program evaluation: Conducting independent, rigorous evaluations of the results and effectiveness of health programs
  
  
• Dissemination: Making health data and information freely available to decision-makers, researchers, and the public"

This is a goal worthy of Bill Gates.

Do you think Gates is buying himself back into the good graces of the world?