Bill and I both firmly believe that even the most difficult global health problems can be solved.
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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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I felt suicidal. I couldn’t stop crying. I remember thinking, wouldn’t it be great if the car crashed and I died?
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If you invest in a girl or a woman, you are investing in everybody else.
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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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If you can’t travel to the developing world, look at helping to fund a woman with a small loan and follow her. Learn her story. Learn about the difference that you’re making.
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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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We [with Bill Gates] started to make decisions about what we’d invest in. Then I actually started traveling for the foundation. I’ve probably been to India now eight times at least and Africa numerous times.
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Women around the world should have a tool that helps them plan their pregnancies.
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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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A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.
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Sometimes it’s the people you can’t help who inspire you the most.
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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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Housework comes first, so girls often fall behind in school. Global statistics show that it’s increasingly girls, not boys, who don’t know how to read.
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What great changes have not been ambitious?
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It’s important to remember that behind every data point is a daughter, a mother, a sister—a person with hopes and dreams.
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