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2014 Gates Vaccine Innovation Award Winner: Agence de Médecine Préventive

October 15, 2014 / Orin Levine

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced Agence de Médecine Préventive as the 2014 Gates Vaccine Innovation Award winner for EPIVAC, an on-the-job training program for district medical officers to improve immunization program performance in 11 Francophone African countries.

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From Obstetric Fistula Survivor to Empowered Citizen

July 29, 2013 / Alain Kaboré

Family Care International and its partners have helped more than 700 villages in Africa's Sahel region to establish emergency procedures for transporting pregnant women to the nearest health clinic, as well as trained hundreds of frontline health workers to help prevent life-threatening complications like obstetric fistula.

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Vaccine Protects 100 Million from Meningitis A’s Devastation

December 02, 2012 / Steve Davis

This week, someone in northern Nigeria—likely a child or teenager—will offer an arm to a health worker, receive a shot of a revolutionary vaccine called MenAfriVac®, and become the 100 millionth person in Africa to be protected against an infection of
the brain and spinal cord called meningitis A.

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Photo of the Day: Looking Forward To a Healthy Future

July 06, 2012 / Gates Foundation

Photo of the day for Friday, July 6, 2012.

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One of the Most Amazing Stories in Global Health

June 14, 2012 / Karen Lowry Miller

A new video shows the how the MenAfriVac vaccine came to be. One of the most amazing success stories in global health.

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  • "I am convinced that through the telling of stories, we discover what connects us." —Melinda Gates

  • "Our young people are the future. We must provide for them. We must give them the positive leadership they are asking for." —Grace Murray Hopper

  • "The number of people dying from AIDS has gone down by more than 20% in the last five years, to fewer than 2 million annually. Given the lives that at stake, I'm impatient enough that I'm willing to be viewed as a troublemaker by those happy with the status quo." —Bill Gates

  • "I have an optimistic view of human nature. For the most part, I believe people are good, that we want to help our neighbors. I believe people want to be good citizens. When they see a problem, they want to fix it." —William H. Gates, Sr.

  • The Global Fund has helped to deliver more than 190 million bed nets to protect families from malaria.

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