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Bill Gates' Annual Letter

   
 
   

  • Bill Gates meets with farmer Ram Udgar Yadav in his Basa, a temporary family shelter built in his field.

    My 2012 Annual Letter

    January 24, 2012 by Bill Gates

    My hope for my annual letter is that it helps people connect to the choice we all have to make. Relatively small investments changed the future for hundreds of millions of small farm families. The choice now is this: Do we continue those investments so that the 1 billion people who remain poor benefit? Or do we tolerate a world in which one in seven people is undernourished, stunted, and in danger of starving to death?

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  • Bill Gates meets with farmer Ram Udgar Yadav in his Basa, a temporary family shelter built in his field.

    My 2012 Annual Letter

    January 24, 2012 by Bill Gates

    My hope for my annual letter is that it helps people connect to the choice we all have to make. Relatively small investments changed the future for hundreds of millions of small farm families. The choice now is this: Do we continue those investments so that the 1 billion people who remain poor benefit? Or do we tolerate a world in which one in seven people is undernourished, stunted, and in danger of starving to death?

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99 Percent of the Way to Polio Eradication

Melissa Covelli

We are at an important point in the battle against polio.

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) has just launched a three-year strategic plan that outlines a vision and the steps necessary to immunize every last child against polio—a terrible, disfiguring illness. The plan builds on lessons learned over the years, and expert analysis of overcoming the remaining barriers to stopping polio worldwide. The Gates Foundation is honored to have joined this effort and do its small part in the fight to eradicate only the second disease ever.

 

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Melissa Covelli is a senior communications officer for Polio at the foundation.

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  • "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

  • 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.

  • "A teacher affects eternity. He can never tell where his influence stops." —Henry Adams

  • Skin-to-skin contact between mother and newborn within the first hour of birth can help prevent nutrient loss, encourage bonding, and establish a breastfeeding routine.

©2012 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation