Bill Gates published his annual letter from the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation this week, focused on debunking three myths that the ex-Microsoft boss says are blocking progress for the poor across the world. Read why: http://t.co/nia17qqjWj pic.twitter.com/8f4aHfDPdU — Bill Gates (@BillGates) January 22, 2014 $11 billion is spent on health, the vaccines, drugs, bed nets, and other life-saving items that the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation centers much of its attention on providing, giving a figure of around $5,000 per child saved. Less than one percent of the US budget goes to development aid