Impatient Optimists
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Greg Shaw

Title Senior Advisor for Strategic Partnerships
Organization Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Greg Shaw is Senior Advisor for Strategic Partnerships at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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On the Frontlines In India: Toward Social and Economic Progress

February 23, 2012 / Greg Shaw

A young mother of two sprang from the floor in this Tamil Nadu city where HIV and other STD infection rates are declining. She wanted to make sure that this representative of the Gates Foundation understood how important the Tamil Nadu AIDS Initiative (TAI) is for her...

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A Conversation Continued: New Grantee Commitments

December 15, 2011 / Greg Shaw

This week, we received results of a grantee survey about the recent outreach. We learned that you found it valuable, and nine-out-of-ten grantees believe the new commitment we are making will be helpful in strengthening our relationships.

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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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