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Alan Deivid Figueroa Frías

Title CIES Associate Director
Organization Young Alternate Board IPPF/WHR

Alan Deivid Figueroa Frías is CIES Associate Director at Young Alternate Board IPPF/WHR, member of REDLACVO +, and Vice GYCA Manodiversa foundation, dedicated their time and promoting activism rights in young people. He is a 24 year old bisexual man.  He studies biology and received a diploma in HIV at the INSP in Mexico.  He took courses in Rights, Sexuality and others.

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World Contraception Day: The Power of the Internet

September 20, 2012 / Alan Deivid Figueroa Frías

More than ever before, young people in Mexico and around the world are using the internet to research contraceptives and other reproductive health issues.

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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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