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Editor’s Note: Below is an excerpt from UN Foundation Global Entrepreneurs Council member Ingrid Vanderveldt’s blog post following her recent trip to see the United Nations’ work in Uganda, as well as her visit to Kenya and South Africa for the Dell Center for Entrepreneurs. You can read the full post on the Dell’s Tech Page One blog. I traveled to Africa earlier this year as part of my roles overseeing the Dell Center for […]

By Rocio Ortega, Girl Up Teen Advisor Her parents left their native country hoping for a better future. So did my parents. She is the first in her family to attain a higher education. So am I. As children of immigrants, it was difficult learning English as a second language, but hard work and dedication moves us forward. Meet 18-year-old Fautima – one of the most outspoken, funny, and social girls I met during a

The recent IMF/World Bank spring meetings were another important moment for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as leaders from around the world came together to make a number of important announcements. Gathered in Washington, D.C. for the meetings, United Nations officials and partners from government, civil society, the private sector, and multilateral institutions highlighted the urgent need to step up efforts to improve lives around the world through the MDGs. Established in 2000 by the

Over the next seven days, the world will observe World Immunization Week, an annual opportunity to highlight the importance of vaccination. Recent headlines in the United States – “Public Health Department Warns of Measles,” “Measles Outbreak Spreads,” and “Measles Hits Again” – are a sobering reminder that we have more work to do to stamp out measles. Despite tremendous progress made toward eliminating measles, approximately 330 people die from measles each day. While measles deaths

Diplomacy is a centuries-old tradecraft and art. The emergence of the internet just made it more interesting, more relevant, and more complex than ever before. On April 22nd in Washington DC, the Diplomatic Courier, United Nations Foundation, and the Digital Diplomacy Coalition held an event exploring the future of public diplomacy in the digital age. People around the world joined the conversation through Twitter and Livestream, bringing questions and insights from countries such as Nigeria,

April 25 marks World Malaria Day – a day to recognize the important progress we have made as a global community in combating this deadly disease, while also raising awareness and support to continue our work. Here are five reasons you should care about (and join!) the effort to fight malaria. 1. Roughly half of the world’s population is at risk of malaria. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), about 3.4 billion people are

By Orin Levine, Director of Vaccine Delivery at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared on the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Impatient Optimists blog. Like many parents, my wife and I eagerly documented the first few years of our daughters’ lives, excited to chronicle every milestone. We can dig out video footage of their first steps, and unroll the old growth charts where we measured their heights each year.

Reproductive health impacts us all, yet it is often an issue that is misunderstood and underreported. Why We Care is a platform to bring together a diverse array of U.S. and global leaders to write personal essays about their commitment to international reproductive health and family planning. Vanessa Kerry is one of the latest Why We Care essayists. She is a physician, the Chief Executive Officer of Seed Global Health, and the daughter of Secretary

By Janet Fleischman and Alisha Kramer, CSIS Global Health Policy Center Ethiopia has attracted global attention for its leadership in advancing family planning. In a new video, the CSIS Global Health Policy Center brings the voices of Ethiopian women and girls as well as champions of family planning into the U.S. policy discussion. Through the voices of rural women, health extension workers, and an Orthodox priest, along with an official of the Ministry of Health