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Ethiopia Rising: A Story of Poverty and Progress

May 06, 2013 / Haddis Tadesse

Ethiopia is well positioned to escape the trap of poverty. But it won’t be easy.

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Family Healthy "Check Up" 2013: The Health of Mother and Baby

May 02, 2013 / Mariam Claeson, Gary Darmstadt

The Maternal Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) team has identified some important lessons from analyses of global and national trends in mortality reduction, cause specific mortality and intervention coverage, and from experience in program implementation. Based on this learning, we have adjusted our MNCH strategy to keep the focus of our investments on the most critical conditions and issues.

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21st Century Progress in Africa: Eradicating Hunger and Poverty (MDG1) in Ethiopia

April 29, 2013 / Laurie Lee

I was recently in Ethiopia. We travelled up to the north of the country, to the city of Gondar, the former Royal capital of the Abyssinia Empire. It was a powerful visit given Ethiopia is on target to cut in half the number of people who live in extreme poverty, in the country, by 2015.

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Mom Bloggers on Seeing the Global Water Crisis Up Front

March 31, 2013 / Jennifer James

Four mom bloggers have seen the global water crisis up front and are speaking out about the importance of working on a world scale to provide more access to safe drinking water and proper sanitation.

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Let Every Woman's Voice Ring

March 04, 2013 / Frida Giannini

Announcement and details of Chime for Change, founded by Gucci, and it's mission to focus on girls' and women's empowerment around the world.

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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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