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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Maternal, Newborn, & Child Health

 

A Surprising Way One Organization is Saving Lives in The Gambia

iders for Health, which has two decades of experience providing health transport in Africa, is responsible for maintaining the ...

A Surprising Way One Organization is Saving Lives in The Gambia

iders for Health, which has two decades of experience providing health transport in Africa, is responsible for maintaining the ...

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HIV/AIDS

 

In an Unpredictable HIV Vaccine Search, Hope Still Reigns

Nothing about AIDS vaccine research and development has ever been easy or straightforward except for one simple truth: to end the ...

In an Unpredictable HIV Vaccine Search, Hope Still Reigns

Nothing about AIDS vaccine research and development has ever been easy or straightforward except for one simple truth: to end the ...

FULL POST ›  South Africa

Maternal, Newborn, & Child Health

 

Gossip Girls: No Longer A Frivolous Pasttime

The concept is such: bring women together as a group to discuss maternal health problems facing their communities.

Gossip Girls: No Longer A Frivolous Pasttime

The concept is such: bring women together as a group to discuss maternal health problems facing their communities.

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Family Planning

 

To Empower Women, Don’t Forget the Men

This is no ordinary school, and its lessons will not soon be forgotten. The men of Binkolo village are attending “husband ...

To Empower Women, Don’t Forget the Men

This is no ordinary school, and its lessons will not soon be forgotten. The men of Binkolo village are attending “husband ...

FULL POST ›  Sierra Leone

Vaccines

 

Cervical Cancer Vaccine Success Brings Hope to Millions of Women

From this week, the GAVI Alliance, a public-private partnership that supports vaccination in developing countries, will help ...

Cervical Cancer Vaccine Success Brings Hope to Millions of Women

From this week, the GAVI Alliance, a public-private partnership that supports vaccination in developing countries, will help ...

FULL POST ›  Kenya

Family Planning

 

Family Planning Taking Its Place on the Global Stage

Our collective intention is to cultivate and promote a global movement for family planning. It is through partnership, ...

Family Planning Taking Its Place on the Global Stage

Our collective intention is to cultivate and promote a global movement for family planning. It is through partnership, ...

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Malaria

 

What Will it Take for Zambia to Eliminate Malaria?

Now the country has an ambitious new goal: to begin work to end malaria transmission once and for all. PATH staff recently sat ...

What Will it Take for Zambia to Eliminate Malaria?

Now the country has an ambitious new goal: to begin work to end malaria transmission once and for all. PATH staff recently sat ...

FULL POST ›  Zambia

Media & Information

 

Leaning In to Help Build the Next Generation of Women Leaders

When Sheryl Sandberg talks about 'Lean In' she refers to it as the start of a movement rather than a book - a movement that ...

Leaning In to Help Build the Next Generation of Women Leaders

When Sheryl Sandberg talks about 'Lean In' she refers to it as the start of a movement rather than a book - a movement that ...

FULL POST ›  Singapore

College-Ready Education (U.S.)

 

Setting the Record Straight About Cameras in the Classroom

A few blogs – including Ed Week’s “Reality Check” – have recently repeated a Fast Company story that mistakenly reported that ...

Setting the Record Straight About Cameras in the Classroom

A few blogs – including Ed Week’s “Reality Check” – have recently repeated a Fast Company story that mistakenly reported that ...

FULL POST ›  United States


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  • "Our desire to bring every good thing to our children is a force for good throughout the world. It’s what propels societies forward." —Melinda Gates

  • The Global Fund has helped to deliver more than 190 million bed nets to protect families from malaria.

  • "The world faces a clear choice. If we invest relatively small amounts, many more poor farmers will be able to feed their families." —Bill Gates, 2012 Annual Letter

  • "When it come to global health, Bill and I are optimists—but we're impatient optimists. Tremendous progress is being made. But there is still so much we're impatient to see done." —Melinda French Gates

  • In Senegal, 80% of households now have a bed net, helping the number of malaria cases there drop 50% in a single year.

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