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Will You Join Our Conversation on Women's and Children's Health?

Melinda Gates | Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: Women, Global Health, Developing Countries, Women's Health, Newborn Health, Maternal Health, The Gates Foundation, Global Women's Health, Bangladesh, Children's Health, Women News
Melinda Gates

As I reflect back on what I learned this year about the progress and the challenges in women's and children's health, I'm struck by the fact that we don't need to wait for the solutions. We have them.

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Scaling Impact to Save Lives

Melinda Gates | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Global Health, Developing Countries, Africa, Newborns, Breastfeeding, Melinda Gates, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Newborn Health, Maternal Health, Vaccines, Impact News
Melinda Gates

2011-11-02-Screenshot20111102at12.18.34PM.jpg The fact that almost 8 million children still die each year highlights the tremendous amount of work that lies ahead. How will we continue to bring this number down?

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Women Deliver Promises Hope Around the World

Tamar Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, Ghana, Crown Princess of Denmark, Midwives, Mali, Reproductive Health, g20, Washington DC, Newborn Health, Women Deliver, Jill Sheffield, Maternal Health, Ban Ki Moon, World News
Tamar Abrams

In a cavernous convention center in the heart of the Nation's Capitol, thousands of people have gathered to celebrate the role of women in the well-be...

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International Women's Day: The Enormous Benefits of Investing in Family Planning and Pregnancy Related Care

Sharon L. Camp | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Family Planning, Newborn-Health, United Nations Population Fund, Maternal Health, International Women's Day, Guttmacher Institute, Women's Day, World News
Sharon L. Camp

This year International Women's Day coincides with the 15th anniversary of the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a historic...

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Leading the Way to Make Mothers Day Every Day

Donna E. Shalala | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Developing Countries, Countdown to Mother's Day, Newborns, Mother's Day, Health, Newborn Health, Maternal Health, Healthcare, Infant Mortality, Health in Developing Countries, Maternal Mortality, Mothers Day Every Day Campaign, Healthy Living News
Donna E. Shalala

Progress is being made to save the lives of mothers and newborns around the world. Still, every minute, a woman dies of complications in pregnancy and childbirth.

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