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Mallah Tabot

Title Journalist, Blogger

My name is Mallah, I am 24 and from Cameroon. I am a journalist, blogger, very passionate gender activist and project manager who believes young girls and women can provide sustainable and informed solutions to the world’s most challenging problems.

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World Contraception Day: My Contraception?

September 27, 2012 / Mallah Tabot

Should we pretend that young people are not having sex and flood their minds about the ills of contraception?

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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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