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• Averting Maternal Death and Disability (AMDD) and
  the
• Bill Melinda Gates Foundation
• A Partnership -
• for Saving Womens Lives
• Gordon W. Perkin, M.D.
• Director, Reproductive and Child Health
• Global Health Program
• February 2002

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Bill Melinda Gates Foundation AMDD

• A Partnership
• for Saving Womens Lives

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What needs to be done?

• Collaboration with governments and collaboration
  with NGOs.

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The Foundations Maternal Mortality Grants

• AMDD Averting Maternal Death and Disability
• Family Care International
• White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood
• IMMPACT Initiative for Maternal Mortality
  Programme Assessment

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Global Health Programs
Reproductive and Child
Health
HIV/AIDS TB

Vaccines and Infectious Disease
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Vaccines and Infectious Disease The Foundation
supports efforts to prevent infectious disease by
improving immunization and drug delivery systems
developing new vaccines against disease that
impact developing countries and expanding
partnerships and coalitions to mobilize new
commitments and resources for the prevention of
infectious disease.
HIV/AIDS
Vaccine-Preventable Disease
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Vaccines and Infectious DiseaseGrant Examples

• The Vaccine Fund
  
• GAVI, WHO, Unicef, World Bank 750 Million
• Stealth Measles Campaign
  
• U. Maryland, Johns Hopkins 41.7
  Million
• Polio Campaign
  
• WHO, Unicef, Rotary Intl, United Nations
  Foundation,
  CDC, World Bank 50 Million

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HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis 14,000 people become
infected with HIV every day, the majority in
sub-Saharan Africa. One in three people with
HIV/AIDS will die of TB. Turning the tide will
require strong political leadership and a
dramatic increase in resources. HIV/AIDS is a
global threat, and a global responsibility.
HIV/AIDS
Vaccine-Preventable Disease
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HIV/AIDS and TuberculosisGrant Examples

• International HIV/AIDS Alliance
  Plan
  Intl, John Snow, Mexicos Natl
  Institute of Public
  Health 25
  Million
• Global Alliance for TB Drug Development
  Sequella, DfID, WHO, World Bank,
  
  Partners in Health, USAID 25 Million
• IAVI (Intl AIDS Vaccine Initiative)
  
  UNAIDS, World Bank, WHO, U.
  Nairobi 126 Million
  
  

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Reproductive and Child Health The Foundation
supports programs that increase access to
reproductive healthcare and give children a
healthy start. We are working to improve the
health status of women in developing countries
through programs supporting maternal mortality
reduction, cervical cancer prevention, and
neonatal survival.
Reproductive and Child Health
Conditions Associated with Poverty
Vaccine-Preventable Disease
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Reproductive and Child Heath Grant Examples

• AMDD 50 Million
• Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
  USAID,
  CIDA, Unicef, World Bank, WHO,
  FAO, NGOs, academic
  institutions 50 Million
• WHO (IMCI strategy)
  
• WHO, USAID, Johns Hopkins 10 Million

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Global Health Programs
Reproductive and Child
Health
HIV/AIDS TB

Vaccines and Infectious Disease
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Cumulative investment inglobal
health1995-2001 - 2.505 billion
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Largest Investments in Global Health( committed
to date)

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It is unacceptable that the death of a child in
Africa could ever be considered less tragic than
the death of a child in America. - Melinda
French Gatesthose of us who were born in
rich countries have an incredible responsibility
to help those who werent. - Bill
Gates