Community health workers put in long hours to protect people in developing countries from diseases such as malaria, Covid-19 and H.I.V. But most are compensated minimally, or not paid at all.
Tag: Gates, Bill and Melinda, Foundation
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We Have Unfinished Business With These Three Killer Diseases
We can get back to the essential business of preventing infectious diseases by eliminating tuberculosis, malaria and polio once and for all.
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Bill Gates Meets Xi Jinping in First Visit to China Since 2019
China’s president, Xi Jinping, calls Mr. Gates “the first American friend I met in Beijing this year.”
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Global Partners May End Broad Covid Vaccination Effort in Developing Countries
The board of Gavi, the international vaccine agency, meets Wednesday to debate shutting down the program, known as Covax, amid swiftly waning demand for the shots.
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Bill Gates: ‘We’re in a Worse Place Than I Expected’
The philanthropist on how the pandemic and the effects of the war in Ukraine are setting back progress.