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Success Against Rotavirus

October 27, 2009

Melinda Gates Explains the Importance of Getting Rotavirus Vaccines to the People Who Most Need Them, and the Remarkable Success Against Rotavirus

Melinda Gates talks about rotavirus, which causes diarrhea, and the deadly impact this disease has on children in the developing world. She also introduces us to a father and daughter, who are living proof that rotavirus vaccines save lives.

This chapter is an excerpt from a presentation at Sidney Harmon Hall in Washington, D.C. Bill and Melinda Gates explained why they are Impatient Optimists, and encouraged their audience to share the proof and become Impatient Optimists as well.

“LIVING PROOF: Why we are Impatient Optimists” is a story about success. Millions of lives have been saved, improved and empowered because of the investments in global health made by the United States and its partners around the world.

January 29, 2010
Learn more about why we’re committing $10 billion to the Decade of Vaccines.

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