Jan Willem Rosenboom

Authors / Biography

Title Senior Program Officer, Demand-Led Sanitation

Organization Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Jan Willem Rosenboom is a Senior Program Officer for Demand-Led Sanitation in the Global Development Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

1.1 billion people squat in the bushes or out in the fields, when nature demands. Another 800 million use unsanitary, makeshift facilities.

"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.