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Community Health Worker Noria Issak speaks about contraceptive use to Fatuma Masan during a home visit in the Korogocho slum in Kenya.
No Controversy: Family Planning Saves Lives

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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Poverty

Nikuze Aziza carries a sack of food aid to her family's house from a warehouse in Rwanda.
Solutions for a Hungry World

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.

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Education

Math teacher Doris Zuniz
My Favorite Teacher? Don't Make Me Choose

May 11, 2012 by Chelsea Clinton

I hope someday to have students feel about me the way I feel about Mrs. Mitchell!

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The Science and Art of Social Change

November 16, 2011 / Oying Rimon

Innovations in social and behavioral change are critically important in saving millions of women’s and children’s lives.

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Category Health
Topics Maternal, Newborn, & Child Health
Country Nepal

Impatient Blogger: News of the Day and More

November 02, 2011 / Amie Newman

A couple of weeks ago I promised a "News of the Day" feature here at Impatient Optimists.

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Category Health
Topics Agricultural Development, Family Planning, Malaria, Maternal, Newborn, & Child Health, #SmartAid, Water, Sanitation, & Hygiene
Country Countries

Scaling Impact to Save Lives

November 01, 2011 / Melinda Gates

As the world’s population hit 7 billion yesterday, there’s been a lot of talk about the incredible advances the global community has made improving the health of the world’s poorest people and saving lives, especially when it comes to children.

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Category Health
Topics Maternal, Newborn, & Child Health
Country India, Malawi

Introducing the Gates Vaccine Innovation Award

October 06, 2011 / Bill Gates

Innovation can make the impossible, possible.

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Category Health
Topics Vaccines

Childhood Deaths Continue to Decline, But Are We Doing All We Can?

September 22, 2011 / Melinda Gates

Each year, I eagerly await the publication of one number: the number of childhood deaths around the world.

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Category Health
Topics Vaccines, Diarrhea, Pneumonia & Flu

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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 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
The Global Fund has helped to deliver more than 190 million bed nets to protect families from malaria.
In Senegal, 80% of households now have a bed net, helping the number of malaria cases there drop 50% in a single year.