Chris Elias is the president of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Global Development Program, which spends $4 billion a year on health and poverty programs. With great power comes great responsibility, and a set of tough decisions on which of the world's many crucial health problems they can strategically invest in. In this conversation, Chris talks about how they make these decisions, assess and take on risk, and work with the private sector to generate breakthrough health solutions for the world’s poor.   Displaced is produced by the Vox Media Podcast Network in partnership with the International Rescue Committee. For more on the show and show notes, go to https://www.rescue.org/displaced, or email the show at displaced@rescue.org.

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