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!
January 05, 2012 / Deborah Lacy
Mobile phones can help diagnose malaria in rural areas. Imagine the lives that can be saved.
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September 27, 2011 / Michael Kimerling
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently launched a groundbreaking action plan (2011-2015) to combat tuberculosis in Europe.
April 28, 2011 / Chris Wilson
We’re on the hunt for innovation. The reason why is simple. Innovation fuels progress. And progress is what’s needed to solve the global health and development challenges we face.
March 24, 2011 / Joanne Carter
On a Friday evening in 1882, Dr. Robert Koch stood before a rapt audience at the Berlin Physiological Society and presented a momentous discovery: the identification of the bacteria that causes tuberculosis.
March 23, 2011 / Bill Gates
Many people think tuberculosis is a disease of the past, but this ancient epidemic remains a huge global problem. Each year there are 9 million new TB cases and 1.7 million deaths.