Impatient Optimists
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Jasmine Whitbread

Title Chief Executive
Organization Save the Children International

Jasmine Whitbread is the chief executive for Save the Children International.

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Child Survival Needs EVERY ONE

April 06, 2011 / Jasmine Whitbread

Recently, Save the Children spoke with the U.S. Congress to urge them not to cut lifesaving aid for children. We sent our best health experts, but, equally important, we provided a platform for members of the public to let decision-makers know how significant it is for them to support children in poverty.

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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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