A young mother of two sprang from the floor in this Tamil Nadu city where HIV and other STD infection rates are declining. She wanted to make sure that this representative of the Gates Foundation understood how important the Tamil Nadu AIDS Initiative (TAI) is for her...

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More than 350,000 women die during pregnancy and childbirth every year. Ninety-nine percent of these deaths occur in developing countries...

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The war on HIV/AIDS in India is surely not over, but the results to date are very encouraging. The number of new HIV infections in India has decreased by more than 50 percent in the last ten years.

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Imagine coming to a new city with your family in hopes for a better life. You have no money but you heard about the opportunities in the burgeoning metropolis of Mumbai—the Gateway to India.

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On the Urban Development team here at the Gates Foundation, we spend time with grantees and partners in places like Dharavi so we can learn firsthand about the issues facing the urban poor.

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