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8 Reasons We (Still) Need International Women's Day

March 06, 2013 / Amie Newman

Did you know? Of all the planets in the solar system, earth is dead last in terms of gender equality. We can't have that! Donate to your pick of hundreds of projects on Catapult.

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A Mother's Story in Nigeria: Breastfeeding Saves Lives

February 28, 2013 / Jayne Whyte

As a maternal and child health blogger, I have always supported and shared information on the benefits of exclusive breastfeeding in the first hour of life and in the first six months of life to both mother and child, but now I will be doing much more.

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24 Mom Bloggers Share Their Breastfeeding Experience, Save the Children’s New Report

February 25, 2013 / Jennifer James

Recently 24 mom bloggers collectively shared their personal breastfeeding stories every hour for 24 hours to highlight and spread the word about Save the Children’s new Superfood for Babies report.

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The Real Breastfeeding Scandal

February 18, 2013 / Carolyn Miles

Details on a groundbreaking initiative is helping countries create nutrition strategies that support breastfeeding and other low-cost protections against malnutrition. Learn more about it and how you may support it.

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Presidential Campaigning and Promoting a Health behavior: What Do These Have in Common?

February 05, 2013 / Ann Jimerson

An interesting look at the uses of behavioral science and the parallel uses for political campaigns and promotion of adopting better health behaviors.

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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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