Within 20 years there will be hardly any poor countries: Bill Gates to NDTV

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, who is also the co-chair of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, spoke to NDTV's Vikram Chandra on the sidelines the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos.

Here are the highlights from the interaction

• Middle income countries doing well
• Over time, India is going to have a big diabetes problem
• In 20 years, we will have very few low-income countries
• Not pessimistic on global economy
• India should allocate more to health
• Love to see health as campaign issue in 2014
• States like Bihar on right path now
• Nitish Kumar was re-elected in Bihar partly because health indicators had improved, I think
• Need to improve vaccination coverage
• Healthcare getting attention in states
• Health budget needs to go up in many countries
• Polio fight big victory for India
• My foundation is my full-time focus and it will be for the rest of my life
• Always happy to help out at Microsoft part-time
• Tech key for social services growth
• Philanthropy in India is growing
• Rolling out new vaccines in India is my focus now
• Excited about device applications