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Pooja Shaw

Title Program Officer
Organization Results for Development Institute

Pooja Shaw is a Program Officer in the Market Dynamics Practice at Results for Development Institute (R4D). Prior to joining R4D, Pooja spent several years in the private sector as a strategy consultant with Simon-Kucher & Partners, specializing in global pricing and market access strategies for pharmaceutical and biotech products. Pooja holds a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Columbia University.

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Smarter Shopping...For Bednets?

August 27, 2012 / Kanika Bahl, Pooja Shaw

From 2004 to 2011, annual net distribution grew exponentially from 5 million to 130 million nets, yet few people actually shop for them

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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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