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Health

A demostration of a Sure Start Project initiative to promote maternal and newborn health in Kathghara Village, Fatehpur District, U.P., India.
What Does it Take to Save a Life? How About a Game?

May 18, 2012 by Sita Shankar Wunnava

The woman in the green sari leans over the game of Snakes and Ladders and throws the dice. The women around her groan as she reads the words on the square where she lands.

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Poverty

Members of a farmers cooperative gather together outside the organization's headquarters in Musaza Village, Rwanda.
President Obama and Bill Gates on Fighting Hunger and Poverty

May 18, 2012 by Sam Dryden

The challenges smallholder farmers in the developing world face are considerable yet not insurmountable.

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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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After the Debunking: Autism Parents Have Their Say

May 16, 2011 / Shannon Des Roches Rosa

The majority of autism parents vaccinate their kids.

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Category Health
Topics Vaccines

Child Survival Needs EVERY ONE

April 06, 2011 / Jasmine Whitbread

Recently, Save the Children spoke with the U.S. Congress to urge them not to cut lifesaving aid for children. We sent our best health experts, but, equally important, we provided a platform for members of the public to let decision-makers know how significant it is for them to support children in poverty.

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Category Health
Topics Maternal, Newborn, & Child Health

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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.