Community Health Worker Noria Issak speaks about contraceptive use to Fatuma Masan during a home visit in the Korogocho slum in Kenya.
May 14, 2012 by Gary Darmstadt
My hope is that this conversation that Melinda has started will get us closer to the moment where it is not controversial that all women and men around the world have equitable access to contraceptives.
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Nikuze Aziza carries a sack of food aid to her family's house from a warehouse in Rwanda.
May 03, 2012 by Laurie Goering
By 2050, the planet will need at least 70 percent more food than it does today, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization predicts.
Math teacher Doris Zuniz
May 11, 2012 by Chelsea Clinton
I hope someday to have students feel about me the way I feel about Mrs. Mitchell!
Maternal, Newborn, & Child Health
May 16, 2012 / Amie Newman
New Report: Fewer Women Dying in Pregnancy, Childbirth
The number of women dying in pregnancy and childbirth, worldwide, has decreased by almost half.
Agricultural Development
May 16, 2012 / Diane Scott
Global Leaders Meet On Food Security, Hunger
How do we ensure that we will be able to feed the world as our population tops 9 billion by 2050?
Polio
May 15, 2012 / Michal Fishman
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: “Wipe Out Polio, Now”
Today, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is sending an urgent message to other world leaders that now is the moment to act in the fight to end polio.
Vaccines
May 15, 2012 / Karen Lowry Miller
Washington's Whooping Cough Epidemic Is A Reminder
The emergency will pass, but it serves as a reminder that all of us, no matter where we live, want to be able to protect our children from diseases ...
College-Ready Education (U.S.)
May 15, 2012 / Michelle Morrissey
Closing the Curriculum Gap Is A Social Justice Issue
If we focus on making our students merely 'proficient,' are we holding them back?
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Family Planning
May 14, 2012 / Gary Darmstadt
No Controversy: Family Planning Saves Lives
My hope is that this conversation that Melinda has started will get us closer to the moment where it is not controversial that all women and men ...
May 14, 2012 / Sarah Brown Wessling
Dear Teacher: You. Make. A. Difference.
Sometimes teacher appreciation happens in the rear view mirror but that's because teachers create a lasting impression on students that will last a ...
Research & Development
May 11, 2012 / Lucia Cote
Achieving Impact Together: Harmony in Thought, Speech, and Action
In our work at the Gates Foundation, we are in constant contact with grantees and vendors. We all experience a great sense of urgency given the ...
May 11, 2012 / Amie Newman
Saving Mothers at Birth
A woman dies every two minutes from childbirth.