United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) NEW YORK, 22 February 2011 - Despite an estimated 90 per cent decline in global maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT) deaths over the last two decades, a newborn child still dies every nine minutes from the disease, according to the latest...
Orin Levine, The Huffington Post In 1986, as a sophomore at Gettysburg College, I accompanied my dad, a pediatrician and vaccine researcher, on a two-week trip to Rwanda. I was instantly smitten with Africa, and in the fall of 1987 I returned--this time to Kenya, as...
Warren Buffett, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation In a little more than a month, the three of us will be coming to India for Gates Foundation and Berkshire Hathaway business. But we've set aside time on the trip to sit down with some of India's leading...
Heather Stewart, Guardian.co.uk French president Nicolas Sarkozy has commissioned the Microsoft founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates to examine new ways of raising cash for the world's poorest countries, as G20 finance ministers gather in Paris. Campaigners for an international tax on financial transactions - the so-called...
Pamela Sittoni and Kun Li, UNICEF NAIROBI, Kenya, 16 February 2011 - Eleven years ago, Tabitha lost her oldest child to pneumonia – a disease that kills 30,000 young lives in Kenya every year. “When I took him to the doctors, that’s when I discovered it was...
John Mulholland, The Observer We are all aware of our ancient pasts and this continent has a rich and extraordinary tradition. But the thing that excites me more is thinking about Africa's future – as the continent of the 21st century. It's one of the richest...
Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization Mr Pascal Lamy, Dr Francis Gurry, distinguished experts, ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to host this meeting at WHO and extend my warmest welcome to all of you. By again focusing these technical discussions on access to medicines,...
The Kaiser Family Foundation On Monday, the same day the GAVI Alliance helped oversee the roll out of a routine pneumococcal vaccine in Kenya, GAVI chairman Dagfinn Hoybraten highlighted the need for greater reductions in vaccine prices in developing countries during an interview with Reuters, the...
Lisa Schnirring, CIDRAP Feb 15, 2011 (CIDRAP News) – In tough economic conditions, the United States has sharpened its global health goals to more efficiently expand its reach and invest resources in the most promising treatment and diagnostic tools, Rajiv Shah, MD, director of the US...
Bill Gates, Global Health Magazine I have always been interested in the scientific discoveries underlying health advances in developing countries. The benefits of such breakthroughs are substantial, with the potential to save hundreds of thousands of lives. And the challenges are great, often involving issues that...
We all have a role to play in ending pneumonia deaths by 2030
