Impatient Optimists
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Muhammad Pate

Title Executive Director
Organization National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Nigeria

Dr. Muhammad Pate is the executive director of Nigeria’s National Primary Healthcare Development Agency.

Posts By Muhammad Pate

Don't Fall at the Finish Line in the Race to Eradicate Polio

May 30, 2012 / Christopher Elias, Muhammad Pate

We are at a critical moment in the effort to create a polio-free world: Anything short of complete eradication means we give up on the promise of providing all children, no matter where they live, the benefit of living a life free of this debilitating disease.

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Getting the “Last Hair” in Nigeria

May 12, 2011 / Muhammad Pate, Ashok Alexander

In Nigeria we have made remarkable progress in the fight against polio, with campaigns that drove polio down from 388 cases in 2009 to 21 in 2010—a 95-percent reduction. We are extremely hopeful that these gains will continue, and we know much hard work remains.

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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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