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Women and children have been neglected for centuries, but we can make a new world. MELINDA GATES, who has pledged $1.5 billion for children and maternal health in the world's poorest countries.
Tuesday, Jun. 08, 2010

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  • MELINDA GATES,
  • who has pledged $1.5 billion for children and maternal health in the world's poorest countries; the money, from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is aimed at decreasing the number of women who die each year in childbirth
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