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  Gates Says Too Many Kids' Deaths Are Preventable

  By Katherine Gustafson | Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:56 AM ET

  the results of these packaged small-scale solutions compare to the traditional large-scale interventions. Photo courtesy of IRRI Images, vi Read More

  More like this in: Health, California, Water, Kenya, Death, University of California, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (B&MGF), Bangladesh, Hygiene, Water Quality
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  Taking Control of Child Pneumonia

  By Katherine Gustafson | Thu Nov 5, 2009 12:19 PM ET

  UNICEF this disease is the leading killer of children under 5, currently accounting for 4,000 child deaths every day. Photo courtesy o Read More

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  Women and Children Aid Indian Water Contamination Study

  By David Bois | Fri Oct 23, 2009 3:56 PM ET

  no bad acting or negligence behind the poisoning, the results are still dire. Groundwater arsenic levels in parts of the Indian subcontinent exceed World Health Organization and US EPA safety standards by 30 times, putting those who use that water at risk for developing skin disease, cancers an Read More

  More like this in: Health, Children, India, Drinking Water, Environmental Protection Agency, EurekAlert, Water Quality, Himalayas, Kansas State University
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  More Kids Getting Vaccines

  By Darragh Worland | Thu Oct 22, 2009 12:25 AM ET

  risk still don't have access to life-saving vaccines.But back to the good (since that's our specialty). A new assessment released Wednesday by the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and the World Bank reveals that a record 106 million infants in 2008 were immunized.That means more childre Read More

  More like this in: UNICEF, Health, Children, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (B&MGF), Melinda Gates, Vaccines, World Bank, Measles
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  Give Kids A Shot

  By Kendall Hunter | Mon Oct 5, 2009 2:42 PM ET

  worldwide.According to the alliance, despite the massive death toll, pneumonia is underfunded and rarely mentioned in the news media. UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) recently dubbed it "the forgotten killer of children."ONE president and CEO David Lane says: “We have seen tha Read More

  More like this in: UNICEF, Save the Children, ONE, World, Social Responsibility, Asia, Africa, Mideast, Australia/New Zealand, Americas, Europe, Fundraising, Events, Activism, Development
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  Help End Hunger: Feed Your Mind

  By Intent dot com | Mon Sep 21, 2009 6:05 PM ET

  are the new rock stars.  And yet, for 1 in 8 people in the United States hunger is a reality.  Worldwide the statistics are much worse.  The World Health Organization estimates that one-third of the world is well-fed, one-third is under-fed, and one-third is starving.  Approximately 80 Read More

  More like this in: Mercy Corps, Health, Children, United States, United Nations, Local Food, Kansas, Feeding America, Hunger, Food Banks, World Food Program
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  Sing It Now - We're # 37!

  By Kirk Bromley | Thu Sep 17, 2009 8:00 AM ET

  it's nice to have a little humor injected into the situation, and in the case of the video below, humor based on the facts. What facts? The World Health Organization conducted a WHO World Health Report in 2000, ranking the world's health care systems based on a wide variety of factors Read More

  More like this in: Music, United Nations, Health Care Debate, Costa Rica, Slovenia, Life & Style, Politics & Policy, Activism, Culture, Health & Fitness
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  TB or Not to Be?

  By Katherine Gustafson | Thu Aug 27, 2009 1:35 PM ET

  bill at a time. This time they've turned their sights to tuberculosis. And good thing, too, in light of these frightening facts from the World Health Organization:Every second a new TB bacilli infection occurs somewhere in the world.One-third of the people in the world are infecte Read More

  More like this in: Netherlands, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (B&MGF), Melinda Gates, Science, Social Responsibility, Healthcare, Innovation & Discovery, Giving, Fundraising
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  100 Million H1N1 Vaccine Doses - at No Cost

  By John Casey | Tue Aug 18, 2009 4:01 PM ET

  the world over it must go through extensive testing in human trails. Early reports say the vaccine works well. Photo courtesy of Guerry, vi Read More

  More like this in: Health, Swine Flu, Influenza, Sanofi-Aventis, Technology, Social Responsibility, Tech Does Good, Giving, Activism, Development
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  Out of Crisis Comes a Clean Water Solution

  By Marc Hertz | Sat Aug 15, 2009 9:01 PM ET

  it's certainly a step in the right direction. You can find out more about the company and the the bottle here. Photo courtesy of LIFESAVE Read More

  More like this in: UNICEF, Health, Asia, Hurricane Katrina, Clean Water, Disasters, TED Conference