Melinda Gates
Melinda Gates
Melinda Ann Gates, DBE is an American businesswoman and philanthropist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth15 August 1964
CountryUnited States of America
I'm wholehearted about whatever I do.
children kids thinking
The biggest killers of children around the world are two things: diarrhea and pneumonia. When you think about it, in the United States, kids don't die of diarrhea anymore, but it's a huge problem in the developing world.
children world causes
It is still just unbelievable to us that diarrhea is one of the leading causes of child deaths in the world.
children school thinking
I think the Americans need to understand that a lot of times the children are bored in school, and that is why they are not staying in.
sex motivation inspiration
The fact that 98 percent of women in [the U.S.] who are sexually experienced say they use birth control doesn't make sex any less sacred. It just means that they're getting to make choices about their lives.
mom country mother
Mothers might say they'd go to the doctor. In poor countries, moms are usually responsible for their kids' health. But breastfeeding and traveling to the clinic take time, and research shows that health care is one of the first tradeoffs women make when they're too busy.
motivation children inspiration
That's universal - we all want to bring every good thing to our children. But what's not universal is our ability to provide every good thing.
inspiring children vaccines
Vaccines are a miracle cure. Eight out of 10 children are getting vaccines.
reality design able
When we better understand the realities of these women's lives, we are able to design and deliver solutions that are more useful to them.
microsoft macintosh products
Microsoft certainly makes products for the Macintosh.
inspirational educational school
Think, for a moment, about our educational ladder. We've strengthened the steps lifting students from elementary school to junior high, and those from junior high to high school. But, that critical step taking students from high school into adulthood is badly broken. And it can no longer support the weight it must bear.
positive children healthy
I'm happy we have three healthy children and we'll stay with three healthy children.
ideas design-process people
Human-centered design. Meeting people where they are and really taking their needs and feedback into account. When you let people participate in the design process, you find that they often have ingenious ideas about what would really help them. And it’s not a onetime thing; it’s an iterative process.
people birth-control agendas
Birth control has almost completely and totally disappeared from the global health agenda, and the victims of this paralysis are the people of Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.