How does a dating app for cows lead to better grades? The connections our partners create to make the world better can be unexpected, but one thing is clear: When you remove the barriers to someone’s potential, the possibilities are endless.
On
#InternationalNursesDay
, we’re honoring nurses’ life-saving work and reminiscing about
@MSuzman
’s recent trip to TX, where he met with the next generation of nurses at the King Nurses in Training program. ⚕ 🌐
Learn more:
We love Lana’s look, but mosquitoes don’t! 🦟 Bed nets treated with insecticides are proven to reduce cases of malaria. Learn more about what bed nets and other tools can do to create a malaria-free world:
📷:
@NYTimes
/Amir Hamja
By the end of 2023, 50 countries successfully eliminated at least one neglected tropical disease—halfway towards the 2030 target.
Challenges remain, but together we can reach 100.
#BeatNTDs
Read more in the
@WHO
2024 global report on
#NTDs
:
This week, our co-chair
@BillGates
met with leaders and young changemakers in Berlin to discuss the importance of stepping up development aid to improve the lives of millions.
The first 20 years of this century saw unprecedented progress in global health and development with…
This
#TeacherAppreciationWeek
we’re celebrating educators, including former teachers on our staff, working to improve education systems & expand learning opportunities for all. 🍎✍️
Jennifer Rodríguez on the K-12 Education team has worked in education for over 20 years.
“I would say that if humanity has a report card, this would be at the top of the list of incredible achievements.”
Read
@BillGates
’s full remarks from
@novonordiskfond
’s Global Science Summit here:
This
#TeacherAppreciationWeek
we’re celebrating educators, including our former teachers, working to improve education systems & expand learning opportunities for all. 🍎✍️
Ryen Borden's experience in elementary school classrooms shapes her work on our K-12 Education team.
Around the world, unexpected partnerships are driving progress and helping the next generation—like nine-year-old Omphile—reach their fullest potential:
Interim director of Water, Sanitation, & Hygiene
@Doulaye_bmgf
met with
@GeekWire
at
@DiscoverGates
to chat about toilet technologies and the future of safe sanitation. Check it out:
Nearly half of all child deaths are attributable to malnutrition. When children get the right nutrients, they grow up prepared to learn more, earn more, and thrive.
Read
@BillGates
’s full remarks from
@novonordiskfond
’s Global Science Summit here:
Smallholder farmers are sub-Saharan Africa’s largest employer and main suppliers of food. Their incomes rise and fall based on the health of their soils.
African nations are convening this week at
#AFSH24
to discuss this critical topic. I look forward to following along!
This
#TeacherAppreciationWeek
we’re celebrating educators, including our former teachers working to improve education systems & expand learning opportunities for all. 🍎✍️
Josie McSpadden blends experience in education & communications leading media affairs for our U.S. Program.