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Topics / Diarrhea

While diarrhea-related deaths have decreased globally, diarrheal diseases remain the second-leading cause of childhood deaths. We aim to save and improve millions of lives through the development and delivery of low-cost interventions that prevent and treat diarrheal and enteric diseases.

Learn more below and visit the program page for more details about our work in this area.

Innovation: Understanding Global Differences in Human Milk Nutrients

March 06, 2018 / Trevor Mundel

Lindsay Allen, the Director of the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center in Davis, California, might know more about vitamin B-12 deficiency than anyone in the world. By now there’s not much in the study of B-12 that surprises her. But Dr. Allen says that when she was researching infant nutrition in Guatemala – and figured out that half of the babies in her study got virtually no vitamin B-12 from their mothers’ milk – the discovery “freaked me out.” She immediately turned her attention studying breast milk. And the Gates Foundation is supporting her as she works to make sure that every child gets the best nutrition possible, right from birth.

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5 Reasons the Global Gap in Rotavirus Vaccine Access is Shrinking

January 09, 2018 / Mathuram Santosham

Remarkable progress has been made in bringing rotavirus vaccine to those children most at risk, but still more needs to be done to achieve vaccine equity.

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From Assessing Family Planning Needs to Accelerating Drug Development for Childhood Diarrhea - Big Ideas from Grand Challenges Explorations Latest Awardees

November 15, 2016 / Steven Buchsbaum, Rebekah Neal

Big Ideas from Grand Challenges Explorations Latest Awardees

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Three Tips For Writing Winning Poo-ems

November 01, 2016 / Hope Randall

Our Poo Haiku campaign is back! Here are three tips for how to write your own.

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‘Deliver, Deliver, Deliver’ – Dagfinn Høybråten Reflects on Five Years as Gavi Board Chair

December 02, 2015 / Dagfinn Høybråten

Dagfinn Høybråten will this week chair a Gavi Board meeting for the last time before stepping down at the end of 2015. Here he reflects on five years at the helm of the Vaccine Alliance, steering Gavi through pivotal moments in its 15-year history.

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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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