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If you want to lift up an economy in Africa, you basically start with the women.

Melinda Gates

If we don’t empower women, we don’t allow them to unlock the potential of themselves and their children.
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Children Growth Potential Woman
The 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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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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Government funding that’s coming from the United States is making a huge difference on the ground in the developing world. It’s really palpable – it’s making a huge difference saving lives.
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If you don’t have an effective teacher in front of the classroom, you won’t change the trajectory for students.
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If I really believe all lives have equal value, and if I use contraceptives, which I do, and if I’m counselling my son and my two daughters to use them, how am I not serving the women who don’t have access to the contraceptives they need?
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It is still just unbelievable to us that diarrhea is one of the leading causes of child deaths in the world.
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I think the Americans need to understand that a lot of times the children are bored in school, and that is why they are not staying in.
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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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If you ask, who has the chance to move into the city and get a good job out in the developing world? It’s a man. Who’s left to care for the kids back at home? The woman is.
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Now, as smartphones are coming up, there are all kinds of apps that will start to be developed that will help women.
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Vaccines are a miracle cure. Eight out of 10 children are getting vaccines.
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I learn in a different way. I learn experientially.
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One life is worth no more or less than any other.
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As a parent, the responsible thing to do – if you love your child – is to vaccinate your child.
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You can’t save kids just with vaccines.
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