Bill and I both firmly believe that even the most difficult global health problems can be solved.
MELINDA GATESThe biggest pieces of work that we do are vaccines, because those save lives, and also family planning. Because if a woman can space the births of her children, it changes everything for her health and her child’s health.
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Birth control has almost completely and totally disappeared from the global health agenda, and the victims of this paralysis are the people of Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
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Deep human connection is … the purpose and the result of a meaningful life – and it will inspire the most amazing acts of love, generosity, and humanity.
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I think it’s very important that we instill in our kids that it has nothing to do with their name or their situation that they’re growing up in; it has to do with who they are as an individual.
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What great changes have not been ambitious?
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In different places you run into myths around vaccination or around family planning. In the United States, one of the myths that existed for a long time, that has been completely debunked, was that autism was linked to a vaccine.
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Sometimes it’s the people you can’t help who inspire you the most.
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The premise of this foundation is one life on this planet is no more valuable than the next.
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Make sure you continue to trust what you know now about yourself and stay true to what you believe in.
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That’s universal – we all want to bring every good thing to our children. But what’s not universal is our ability to provide every good thing.
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Women are the centre of the family. It’s the woman who decides what’s eaten in the house, when to have the kids vaccinated; everything that has to do with the children’s health revolves around her.
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Vaccines are a miracle cure. Eight out of 10 children are getting vaccines.
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If we don’t empower women, we don’t allow them to unlock the potential of themselves and their children.
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We set out what’s going to be our work time versus our foundation time versus family time, and we’ll reassess that… sometimes every week.
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We have to be careful in how we use this light shined on us.
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Women around the world should have a tool that helps them plan their pregnancies.
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