Impatient Optimists
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Julie Jacobson

Title Senior Program Officer, Global Health
Organization Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Julie Jacobson is a senior program officer for Infectious Diseases in our Global Health program. She currently supports grants working toward the control of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and works with the development and implementation of new vaccines in the infectious disease group of Global Health.

Posts By Julie Jacobson

Let’s Take the “Neglect” out of Neglected Tropical Diseases

May 03, 2013 / Julie Jacobson, Sandra Laney

In March, we issued a second call for proposals under GCE Round 11 focused on identifying new approaches to the detection, treatment and control of a specific set of NTDs. Specifically, we want your help is discovering better ways to identify and reduce the burden of onchocerciasis, lymphatic filariasis (LF), soil transmitted helminths (STH), and schistosomiasis.

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Tackling Neglected Tropical Diseases

January 28, 2012 / Julie Jacobson

An amazing new partnership to address neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) was announced today - paving the way towards saving the lives of millions of the world's poorest people.

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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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