Category: People

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  • Malama Ouani speaking to the women
    Initiatives

    They can’t Google, so they ask me about their rights

    For many women in Niger, basic knowledge about how to keep themselves and their families healthy is out of reach. Malama Ouani, a Muslim cleric in Maradi, Niger, discusses the…

  • Dr. Sue Desmond-Hellmann
    People

    Five years makes a difference

    Gates Foundation CEO, Dr. Sue Desmond-Hellmann, reflects on the progress we’ve made and the setbacks and frustrations she’s experienced in her first five years at the foundation.

  • Woman filling out health forms related to polio and vaccination records.
    People

    Measuring the value of health

    The Optimist sat down with Damian Walker, deputy director of data and analytics at the Gates Foundation, to talk about how the team approached evaluating the return on a $10…

  • Child receiving vaccination
    People

    How do you decide what to invest in?

    This is the number-one question I get from our partners in government, academia, and the private sector. I’ll start by repeating two key principles of the Gates Foundation, because they…