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.
MELINDA GATESDeep 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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When we invest in women, we invest in a powerful source of global development.
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If you are successful, it is because somewhere, sometime, someone gave you a life or an idea that started you in the right direction. Remember also that you are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped.
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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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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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If you want to lift up an economy in Africa, you basically start with the women.
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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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You can have the best vaccines for a woman or her child, but if you can’t get her to come and get them then they won’t work.
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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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Connect deeply with others. Our humanity is the one thing that we all have in common.
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The biggest killers of children around the world are two things: diarrhea and pneumonia. When you think about it, in the United States, kids don’t die of diarrhea anymore, but it’s a huge problem in the developing world.
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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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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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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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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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After a number of years dating, we decided we were good partners.
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