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We work to help all people lead healthy, productive lives, focused on health, poverty, and opportunity.

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    Feb 13

    We know our followers are curious, inquisitive and anxious to know the why behind much of the work we do. and answered 10 of the toughest questions they get for their 2018 Annual Letter:

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  2. 21 hours ago

    "Just as innovation can limit climate change, it can also help people cope with it. We invest to help farmers be more productive, so that they’ll have more buffer to withstand lean years when they come."

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  3. Feb 19

    Giving cities an alternative to expensive sanitation infrastructures (like sewers) could help: 💧 Communities use less water 🛡 Protect people from harmful diseases ♻️ Turn waste into valuable resources

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  4. Feb 17

    "Where we go, who we spend our time with, what we read and watch and listen to—these decisions are made through the prism of our work at the foundation"

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  5. Feb 17

    Millions of people give back by volunteering their time and donating money to help others. Our co-chairs are in an unusual position to donate more than most but are still guided by what their parents taught them to do.

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  6. Feb 14

    . on how Americans benefit from foreign aid and work by foundations like us. [🎥: / ]

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  7. Feb 14

    When first became a mother, she felt a drive that parents everywhere share: to protect and care for her daughter. But parents everywhere don't have the same access to resources that prevent child deaths.

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  8. Feb 14

    "Being in the developing world and seeing the life and hearing their stories opens your heart and then you come home and you start to use your head." on the experiences that helped start this foundation.

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  9. Feb 13

    "Désormais, le travail de la fondation va de pair avecce que nous sommes. Nous faisons ce travail parce qu’il estnotre vie.” --

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  10. Retweeted
    Feb 13

    . and I get a lot of questions about our work—not all of them easy. For our 10th Annual Letter, we decided to answer 10 of the toughest.

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  11. Feb 13

    ICYMI: and sat down with for an illuminating conversation at his alma mater, ! WATCH ➡️

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  12. Feb 13

    WATCH LIVE! joins and at to why ask them why they really think the world is getting better.

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  13. Feb 13

    Does saving kids' lives lead to overpopulation? Is it fair that you have so much influence? Why are you really giving your money away? and are taking on tough questions in their Annual Letter.

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  14. Feb 13

    Be the first to read & ' 2018 Annual Letter.

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    Feb 12

    Today, the President released his budget request for 2019. It continues the misguided approach the Administration has taken toward global health & development over the past year.

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  16. Feb 11

    Training villagers in remote areas to deliver essential healthcare is beginning to save lives in Nigeria where 177 million people are at risk for malaria.

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  17. Feb 10

    "If you care about the poor, you should care about agriculture"

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  18. Feb 10

    Insecticide-resistant mosquitoes don't care that bed nets and insecticides helped reduce malaria deaths by 60% since 2000. We have to stay on top of developing vital new tools to fight this disease.

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  19. Feb 9

    Medical bills drive 100 million people into poverty each year. A new study shows that vaccines can immunize millions of people against this challenge.

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    Feb 8

    Vaccine-preventable diseases include: Cervical cancer Cholera Diphtheria Hep B Influenza Japanese encephalitis Measles Mumps Pertussis Pneumonia Polio Rabies Rotavirus Rubella Tetanus Typhoid Varicella Yellow Fever ! Here are 5 facts on vaccines you need to know

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