Community Health Worker Noria Issak speaks about contraceptive use to Fatuma Masan during a home visit in the Korogocho slum in Kenya.
May 14, 2012 by Gary Darmstadt
My hope is that this conversation that Melinda has started will get us closer to the moment where it is not controversial that all women and men around the world have equitable access to contraceptives.
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Nikuze Aziza carries a sack of food aid to her family's house from a warehouse in Rwanda.
May 03, 2012 by Laurie Goering
By 2050, the planet will need at least 70 percent more food than it does today, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization predicts.
Math teacher Doris Zuniz
May 11, 2012 by Chelsea Clinton
I hope someday to have students feel about me the way I feel about Mrs. Mitchell!
May 01, 2012 / Laurie Lee
Why would an employee of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation decide to live on £1 per day? Laurie Lee is participating in Live Below the Line and raising awareness of extreme global poverty.
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March 30, 2012 / Alan Dangour
Undernutrition is subject to influences from both the public and private sectors and suffers from a chronic lack of funding, which has resulted in nutrition being “everyone’s problem, but no one’s responsibility.”
March 20, 2012 / Laurie Lee
In May this year, I’m going to spend 5 days eating only what I can buy for £1(one pound)—the equivalent of the global extreme poverty line.
March 18, 2012 / Jemima Khan
Today mothers throughout the United Kingdom are celebrating Mother's Day. But in too many countries around the world, giving birth is still one of the most dangerous things a woman can do.
March 12, 2012 / Ling Wong
To kick off 2012, we are excited to announce the next Round of Grand Challenges Explorations (GCE) opportunities to see your innovative ideas.