Impatient Optimists
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Daniel Thornton

Title Senior Adviser to the CEO
Organization GAVI Alliance

Daniel Thornton is senior adviser to the CEO at the GAVI Alliance.

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Kibera Residents Welcome New Vaccine

March 21, 2011 / Daniel Thornton

A maze of shacks, mud, and open sewers on the edge of Nairobi, Kibera is one of the biggest slums in the world. It could have as many as one million residents, though nobody knows for sure.

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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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