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Innovation in Media Partnerships as a Contribution to Solving Global Poverty

October 27, 2011 / Caty Borum Chattoo

Within the next several months in the Horn of Africa, an estimated 750,000 lives may be lost to a famine that was years in the making, with a foundation that has as much to do with the rising price of food, conflict, lack of investment, and the ripple effects of poverty as it does with extended periods of drought.

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What Is the State of the World’s Mothers in 2011?

May 04, 2011 / Mary Beth Powers

What do Democrats and Republicans, religious leaders and a secular bio-ethicist all have in common? Any guesses? 

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Stories Can Change the World

September 03, 2010 / Melinda Gates

One of the best things about my job is hearing people’s stories when I travel. I love retelling those stories in interviews and speeches, and in my blog posts, because they help everybody understand what’s at stake when the world makes commitments to global health and development.

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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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