The Impatient Optimists

Health

   
 
   

Poverty

   
 
   

Education

   
 
   
 

The Power of Local Voices: Nightwatch, African Artists, and Malaria

June 23, 2011 / Kate Campana

“It’s 10 o’clock—do you know where your children are?” This is a refrain many of us have known since childhood, a constant message to promote good parenting that has become a staple of U.S. culture. A world away, a nightly message is helping African parents keep their children safe from malaria.

Full Blog Post ›

Details

 

Saving Women’s and Children’s Lives by Controlling Malaria

August 31, 2010 / Melinda Gates

The world has set goals to reduce child deaths, improve maternal health, and combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, as well as other poverty-related challenges—the Millennium Development Goals. I’ll be discussing the MDGs more this week as part of the lead-up to TEDxChange, a TED event that looks at the progress we’ve made toward achieving these goals.

Full Blog Post ›

Details


Reader Comments
See All ›Partner Headlines
See All › Last Thought

  • "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.

©2012 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation