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Stay the Course on Post-2015 Development Goals

March 07, 2013 / Mark Suzman

With nearly one thousand days to go before the world calls time on the Millennium Development Goals, there is a heightened sense of urgency to ensure we do everything possible to meet this ambitious deadline – and to make sure that a new set of goals are set that keep up the critical momentum.

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Maternal Obesity Linked to Newborn Death in Sub-Saharan Africa

August 24, 2012 / Jennifer James

We now have evidence that a new, emerging story may be developing about maternal obesity and the risk it poses to babies’ lives.

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Can Bacteria Protect Against HIV? Grand Challenges Explorations Grants Help Ask the Question

July 13, 2011 / Ling Wong

Back in 2008, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation began an experiment in promoting early-stage, speculative research in global health and development by launching an “innovation engine” called Grand Challenges Explorations (GCE).

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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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