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Our desire to bring every good thing to our children is a force for good throughout the world. It’s what propels societies forward.

Melinda Gates

Having children made us look differently at all these things that we take for granted, like taking your child to get a vaccine against measles or polio.
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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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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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If we don’t empower women, we don’t allow them to unlock the potential of themselves and their children.
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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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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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Connect deeply with others. Our humanity is the one thing that we all have in common.
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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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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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Philanthropy is not about the money. It’s about using whatever resources you have at your fingertips and applying them to improving the world.
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Sometimes it’s the people you can’t help who inspire you the most.
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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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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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Vaccines are a miracle cure. Eight out of 10 children are getting vaccines.
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Women around the world should have a tool that helps them plan their pregnancies.
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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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