Impatient Optimists
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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Kate Kerber

Title Africa Regional Specialist, Saving Newborn Lives
Organization Save the Children US

Kate Kerber is the Africa regional specialist with Saving Newborn Lives at Save the Children US.

Posts By Kate Kerber

An Equal Chance for India's Most Vulnerable Newborns

August 31, 2011 / Joy Lawn, Kate Kerber

One of every four newborn deaths around the world is an Indian child, according to new numbers released this week by the World Health Organization, Save the Children, and partners.

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Survival of Women and Newborns in Crisis

May 20, 2011 / Kate Kerber, Ribka Amsalu

Imagine you are eight months pregnant with your third child, with two other young children at home. The ground starts moving violently beneath you and panic sets in. You flee your collapsing home with your children.

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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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