Poverty News Blog The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization is distributing free pneumonia vaccines to 19 different countries this year. The vaccine was recently distributed throughout Kenya where 30,000 children die for pneumonia each year. From the IPS, writer Miriam Gathigah visited a clinic that was...
Tina Rosenberg, The New York Times Opinionator Blog A Bloomberg National Poll says that more than 7 in 10 Americans think that Congress can find major savings in the federal budget by slashing foreign aid. It’s a new poll, but this is old news. Americans want...
Melinda Gates, The Huffington Post We stand on the shoulders of some amazing female pioneers from the early 20th century. We honor them by carrying on their work, which in this day and age means making the case for supporting foreign aid and improving the health...
Joseph Kariuki, allAfrica.com According to data available from the Gates Foundation, one in 12 children in Kenya suffers from pneumonia. The illness kills 30,000 children each year, and many more are left with permanent disabilities. Now there is a new vaccine that can prevent many thousands...
Amanda Glassman, Global Health Policy This week, Dr. Seth Berkley was named Chief Executive Officer of the GAVI Alliance. Expectations are high as GAVI seeks to raise US$ 3.7 billion this year for childhood vaccination in poor countries. Here are some ideas and questions for...
Examiner.com Secretary of State Hilary Clinton and Melinda Gates, Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation officially launched Saving Lives at Birth today during an event at the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center in Washington DC. Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development...
Mary Robinson, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation It is also a day to reflect on what has not yet been delivered for women. Every day, 1500 women die while giving birth to a new life. Every year, over a quarter of a million women die from...
Melinda Gates, The Huffington Post Last month I sat down with a new mothers' group in Korogocho, a large slum in Nairobi, Kenya. We were talking about family planning, and I asked them, "Why do you want to plan the number and spacing of your children?"...
Yvonne Singh, Guardian.co.uk On Tuesday 8 March, the 100th anniversary of International women's day, more than a thousand activists will be attending a rally on Washington's Capitol Hill as part of a global round of celebratory activities, demanding a better future for some of the world's...
GAVI Alliance & the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) Geneva, 8 March 2011 - Thankfully, women have more rights to health in 2011 than they did a century ago when the first International Women’s Day was celebrated. Yet, despite the progress, every year some 270,000 women...
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