Microsoft Corporation MSFT co-founder Bill Gates has been involved in philanthropy and advancing global causes since leaving his role at the company.

Gates took to Twitter on Saturday to commend Japan for its contribution to the seventh replenishment of the Geneva-based Global Fund. Established in January 2002, the fund aims to mobilize and invest resources to end epidemics such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was the fund’s first donor and provided it with seed funding.

The Global Fund’s seventh replenishment hopes to raise at least $18 billion for its causes. On Saturday, the fund announced that Japan’s prime minister Kishida Fumio has made a commitment of up to $1.08 billion for the seventh replenishment.

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Gates said he was so grateful for Japan’s generosity.

“We all have a role to play in the #FightForWhatCounts: end AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria and build resilient health systems that will protect us from future pandemics,” he said.

We are so grateful for Japan’s generosity. We all have a role to play in the #FightForWhatCounts: End AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria and build resilient health systems that will protect us from future pandemics. https://t.co/1stigbWdFI

— Bill Gates (@BillGates) August 27, 2022

Gates was on a visit to Japan earlier this month when the government honored him with the award “Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun”.

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