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Damian Walker

Title Senior Program Officer, Integrated Delivery
Organization Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Damian Walker is a Senior Program Officer, Integrated Delivery at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Damian is a health economist with more than 13 years experience in international health economics, with a specific focus on the economic evaluation of public health programs in low- and middle-income countries. Prior to the Gates Foundation, Damian was an Associate Professor in the Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University. 

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Stopping the Transmission of Syphilis from Mother to Child

September 13, 2012 / Gary Darmstadt, Wendy Prosser, Damian Walker

Syphilis can be readily diagnosed and treated during antenatal care, so the elimination of congenital syphilis is an actual possibility.

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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

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  • 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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