At the Reaching the Last Mile Forum at COP28 in December, partners came together to raise over $780M for NTDs. @GatesFoundation committed $100M alongside @RLMglobalhealth toward the elimination of river blindness + lymphatic filariasis in 39 countries.
Florida reports 2 locally acquired malaria cases
Officials confirm that the cases are caused by the Plasmodium vivax #malaria parasite, which is not as fatal as other malaria species
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For this Giving Tuesday, shout out to Rainier Valley Leadership Academy, who is leading the charge in providing scholars with an anti-racist educational experience
The world made a promise to #EndPolio for good. No one should live in fear of this preventable disease.
The Gates Foundation is proud to commit $1.2B toward helping health workers stop all forms of this virus and protect children forever. https://t.co/oA7RNzcOIy
It’s great to see the power of diagnostics and genomic surveillance in action in Africa. Investing in genomic surveillance is a key piece of pandemic preparedness and response—and routine public health. https://t.co/mFM85RLBUD
#HappeningNow!
The launch of the Rotavirus vaccine in Nigeria.
Rotavirus is a highly contagious virus that causes severe diarrheal disease among infants and children. This vaccine will prevent diarrheal disease caused by the rotavirus.
#ForEveryChild, good health!
NEW COVER: Abortion rights under attack, pandemic burnout at work and home, politicians who don't care.
After a series of seemingly non-stop societal attacks against American women, we've hit a breaking point.
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.@Liz_Cheney at the Reagan Library, famous GOP presidential hopeful stomping grounds:
“Let me also say this to the little girls and to the young women who are watching tonight: these days, for the most part, men are running the world, and it’s really not going all that well.”
Come join us at the @gatesfoundation in the Gender Equality Division and our Global Health Program. All of these roles are dedicated to improving the health & livelihoods of women in LMICs. It's a chance to uplift their entire communities. More info ⬇
I'm very concerned to see the Supreme Court potentially rolling back existing rights for American women. An injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere—a gender-equal future isn't possible unless every woman has the right to make her own decisions about her own body.
This isn't about where to draw the line; it's about who gets to draw it. The majority of Americans believe women should be the ones who make choices about their own bodies.
Every woman should have the right to decide whether and when to have children.
This is not a decision that any government should make for a woman – it is a personal, private, and often emotional choice that women must be able to make for themselves.