Pakistan is currently the sixth most populous country in the world – and its population is set to rise to 271 million by 2050. A burgeoning population brings its own set of problems. A high fertility and low contraception rate …
I am writing this sitting in Johannesburg airport on my way back from a fascinating week in South Africa, where I have been conducting a review of a UK aid supported programme on maternal and child health. The programme supports …
The social media room at last week's GAVI conference was quietly buzzing. People's faces were lit by the blue light of their lap top screens and, in one corner, a steady stream of influential people commented and reported into the …
...Pete Lewis / DFID That’s why increasing access to vaccines for the world’s poorest countries is one of the top priorities of the Gates Foundation, and that’s why today we...
I have just returned from a week long trip to Mozambique where I followed a pentavalent vaccine – one that tackles five diseases – from the ministry of health storage unit in the city of Maputo to the arm of …
...progress firsthand. On a recent trip to Nairobi, I spoke with a group of women about their children. One mother told me, "I want to bring every good thing to...
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