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  1. 14 hours ago

    Polio cases have dropped by 99% since work began to eradicate this disease. With renewed support for eradication, the world will .

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  2. 19 hours ago

    Say it with us 🗣️ child care is essential

    9 replies . 9 retweets 82 likes
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  3. Mar 22

    Access to 🚽 safe sanitation and 🚰 clean drinking water are essential for public health and wellbeing.

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  4. Mar 22

    On a scale of one to ten, how prepared do you think we are for the next pandemic? For the first episode of our new series, The Working Dinner, Gates Foundation experts join to discuss lessons learned from COVID-19. 👀 Stay tuned for the full episode - coming soon!

    The Working Dinner | Trailer
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  5. Retweeted
    Mar 18

    The crisis in Ukraine is heartbreaking. I'm also deeply troubled to see the ripple effects it's having on LMICs' food & nutrition security. explains how governments can act to strengthen global agricultural systems to withstand future crises.

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  6. Mar 21

    The world is facing another serious crisis: food insecurity. explains how the world can avoid a spike in global hunger:

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  7. Mar 17

    Want to know if your country is likely to achieve gender equality in your lifetime? 🔎  made a calculator to find out.

    19 replies . 25 retweets 53 likes
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  8. Mar 14

    Which gender equality issue do you want to learn more about in 2022?

    23 replies . 12 retweets 38 likes
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  9. Mar 10

    10 years ago, not even 25% of rural women in Bangladesh felt empowered. By 2015, this had risen to more than 41% with continued gains in recent years. What caused this change? explains.

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  10. Mar 9

    Jashodaben Pravinchandra is like many parents across the world. She works hard, cares for her children, and for many years struggled to make ends meet without adequate child care. Child care is poverty reduction:

    Jashodaben's Story
    In Gujarat, India, a child care center known as a crèche provided a pathway out of poverty for Jashodaben Pravinchandra and her family.
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  11. Mar 8

    Achieving gender equality means putting women at the center of communities, decisions, policies, and economies. Learn more about what we're doing in pursuit of this goal ⤵️

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  12. Mar 8

    Here are some fast facts for on where the world stands on the road to gender equality: 🌎 ZERO countries are on track to achieve gender equality by 2030 🌍 1 in 3 countries aren't making any progress 🌏 Progress IS possible by centering equality in policies and programs

    2022 SDG Gender Index
    The COVID-19 pandemic has derailed global progress towards gender equality and the Sustainable Development Goals. Progress is not happening fast enough.
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    Mar 8

    To mark , I joined and Nobel Prize-winning economist Esther Duflo on 's HERO podcast to discuss why women's economic empowerment is essential to the COVID-19 recovery. Listen here 🔈:

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  14. Mar 8

    Affordable child care is an essential element for gender equality.

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  15. Mar 7

    Over the past two years the world has made incredible strides in scientific innovation, and learned important lessons to help prevent future pandemics. Now is the moment to build on that progress.

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    Mar 7

    Our Global Pandemic Preparedness Summit, hosted by CEPI and the UK Government, explores how the world can develop vaccines against new pathogens with pandemic potential in 100 days🌍 More on our by ✏️⏬|

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  17. Feb 28

    Entering year 2 of the pandemic, most regions are still in the throes of outbreaks, and global vaccination rates are disproportionate. How did this happen and why? What has to be done to solve this for the future? Join our live discussion Mar 2 @ 11a ET.

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  18. Feb 22

    Everyone deserves access to safe, effective vaccines and medicines. The African Medicines Agency and other organizations advancing public health in Africa are working to make sure more people can access life-saving health innovations at lower costs.

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  19. Feb 18

    Fun fact: Full-time foundation employees can recommend a charitable gift to an organization of their choice in celebration of milestone anniversaries. 🎉 Our CEO is celebrating his 15 years at the foundation by helping provide scholarships for young African leaders.

    A very young me with Nelson Mandela after his election as South Africa's first black president
    15 years! My anniversary gift is going to whose provocative partnership w/ aims to "close the circle of history" on colonialism & apartheid in 🇿🇦 using Rhode's resources as a form of reparation in providing scholarships to young Africans
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  20. Feb 18

    Important discussion at Munich Security Conference about the global fight against the pandemic and what we can do to avoid something like COVID-19 happening again.

    Watch Bill Gates share his thoughts on how to end to the Covid pandemic
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