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Nathan Vyklicky

Title Communications for Development Consultant
Organization Alive & Thrive Vietnam

Nathan Vyklicky is a Communications for Development consultant currently supporting Alive & Thrive in Vietnam. He has over 11 years of experience in Asia, South America, North America and Europe.

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Vietnam Breastfeeding Videos Make Splash in U.S.

April 13, 2012 / Giang Huong Nguyen, Nemat Hajeebhoy, Nathan Vyklicky

When our Hanoi team at Alive & Thrive, an infant nutrition project, produced two TV spots to promote exclusive breastfeeding for Vietnamese babies, the head of a U.S. non-profit called MOMS Orange Country took notice.

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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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