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Melinda Ann Gates (née French; born August 15, 1964) is an American businesswoman and philanthropist.
She is the wife of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, and the co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. She worked at Microsoft, where she was project manager for Microsoft Bob, Microsoft Encarta and Expedia.
Melinda Ann French was born on August 15, 1964 in Dallas, Texas. She is the second of four children to Raymond Joseph French Jr., an aerospace engineer, and Elaine Agnes Amerland, a homemaker. French has an older sister and two younger brothers.
French, a Roman Catholic, attended St. Monica Catholic School, where she was the top student in her class year. French graduated as valedictorian from Ursuline Academy of Dallas in 1982. She earned a bachelor's degree in computer science and economics from Duke University in 1986 and an MBA from Duke's Fuqua School of Business in 1987. At Duke, French was a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, Beta Rho Chapter.
Margaret Chan Fung Fu-chun, OBE, JP (born August 21 1947 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong Chinese and Canadian physician, who serves as the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) for 2006–17. Chan was elected by the Executive Board of WHO on 8 November 2006, and was endorsed in a special meeting of the World Health Assembly on the following day. Chan has previously served as Director of Health in the Hong Kong Government (1994–2003), representative of the WHO Director-General for Pandemic Influenza and WHO Assistant Director-General for Communicable Diseases (2003–2006). As of 2014, she is ranked as the 30th most powerful woman in the world according to Forbes.
Margaret Chan was initially trained as a Home Economics teacher at the Northcote College of Education in Hong Kong. She then earned her BA degree in Home Economics and her MD degree at the University of Western Ontario in 1973 and 1977, respectively, as well as her MSc (Public Health) degree at the National University of Singapore in 1985. Chan completed the Program for Management Development (PMD 61) at Harvard Business School in 1991. In 1997, she was given the distinction for the Fellowship of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom and was also appointed as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II.
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Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, addressed the World Health Assembly today. She stressed the links between climate change and health, including those related to the spread of vector-borne diseases. Her address was followed by a technical briefing that underscored the need for multisectoral action in order to achieve the health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and agreement on a new resolution on meeting those goals.
Melinda Gates, co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation addresses delegates at the World Health Assembly, 20 May 2014. Ms Gates then highlighted ways to improve the health of mothers and newborn babies, emphasizing the value of linking efforts to improve reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health -- "the continuum of care". She pointed out that: "If women can plan their families, they are more likely to space their pregnancies. If they space their pregnancies, they are more likely to have healthy babies. If women's babies are healthy, they are more likely to flourish as children. When mothers have healthy pregnancies, and when children thrive, the positive benefits last a lifetime." She also called on delegates to pay more attention to newborn babies. Although there has be...
This segment of World Health +SocialGood webcast dated 18th of May shows a reportage of Dr Margaret Chan, WHO's Director-General, and Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, opening the World Health Assembly 2015.
Dr Margaret Chan,Director-General of the World Health Organization Address to the Sixty-seventh World Health Assembly Geneva, Switzerland 19 May 2014 more information: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/2014/wha67/en/
How can you compress a 2 700 delegate meeting, with 193 countries represented, which took place over eight days and resulted in 28 major decisions to improve our health? Watch this time-lapse video of the 64th World Health Assembly, which concluded on 24 May 2011 in Geneva, Switzerland and find out. For more videos, informations, photos on the Assembly visit: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/2011/wha64/en/index.html
The delegate from Canada addresses the plenary during the 68th World Health Assembly.
Live from Geneva, Switzerland at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) World Health Assembly (WHA) the TWiGH Team discusses the pressing Global Health Agenda. Joining the panel are students from the University of South California (USC) Master of Public Health (MPH) program as they report on their expectations of the WHA and begin Internships at WHO. Check out the USC video here: https://youtu.be/to7NmnPAN6Y Subscribe to our newsletter: http://bit.ly/1PJSVuA Subscribe to this channel: http://bit.ly/1EJV3x2 Follow TWiGH on LinkedIn (http://linkd.in/1IEuHBr), Facebook (http://on.fb.me/1FhQrlF), and Twitter (http://bit.ly/1H6n4zy) Be sure to check out the TWiGH Blog (http://bit.ly/1E8vdBr) and TWiGH Podcast (http://bit.ly/1E8vcxa) Add us on Google+: http://bit.ly/1BbLF5o
The Director-General, Dr Margaret Chan, and the President of the Sixty-eighth World Health Assembly, H.E. Dr Jagat Prakash Nadda, on Thursday led the World Health Assembly’s annual awards ceremony, and presented 4 prizes to leaders in public health. This is the Arabic version of the video recording of this event.
We need countries across the world to make SMART commitments to stop child obesity and undernourishment the world over. Read more here: http://goo.gl/VqBabI
SHOTLIST 1. Wide of assembly with World Health Organisation (WHO) emblem on wall 2. Various of delegates 3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Yaung Chih-liang, Taiwanese Health Minister: ++STARTS WITH YAUNG WALKING TO PODIUM++ "Mr President, health ministers, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen, it is a privilege for me to address this plenary session in my capacity as health minister of Chinese Taipei. Firstly, I would like to extend my congratulations to you, Mr President, upon your election to the presidency of this year's WHA (World Health Assembly). I would also like to express my sincere appreciation to the director-general, Dr Margaret Chan, and her capable staff, for arranging our participation in this assembly for the second time in 39 years." 4. Cutaway of delegates 5. SOUNDB...
Melinda Gates tells Fortune’s Pattie Sellers about what the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has done to help end the Ebola outbreak in Nigeria. Want to see more Fortune Video? Subscribe to our channel http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=FortuneMagazineVideo Connect with Fortune Online: Read more about Fortune Business Tech: http://fortune.com/tag/brainstorm-tech/ Find Fortunes’s Official Site: http://fortune.com/ Find Fortune on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FortuneMagazine Follow @FortuneMagazine on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FortuneMagazine Find Fortune on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/FortuneMagazineVideo
n 1993, Bill and Melinda Gates—then engaged—took a walk on a beach in Zanzibar, and made a bold decision on how they would make sure that their wealth from Microsoft went back into society. In a conversation with Chris Anderson, the couple talks about their work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, as well as about their marriage, their children, their failures and the satisfaction of giving most of their wealth away. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design -- plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more. Find closed captions and translated subtitles in many langua...
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The philanthropic power couple sits down with Robin Robins to explain the inspiration for their foundation's annual letter.
Jon Snow interviews Bill and Melinda Gates who are the World Economic Forum in Davos over their work in India and Africa with the Gates Foundation, with questions from Twitter. .
"We have tried very hard to make sure that the conversations we have with our son, who is our middle child, and our daughters are the same," says Melinda Gates urging parents to treat their sons and daughters as equal. Speaking to NDTV, she said that young women "should reach their full potential, no matter what it is they want to do in the society" and that "the industry has to be more welcoming to them". Watch full video: www.ndtv.com/video/player/the-buck-stops-here/exclusive-his-energy-has-created-huge-expectations-bill-gates-on-narendra-modi/384849?yt Download the NDTV news app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.july.ndtv&utm;_source=Youtube&utm;_medium=embed&utm;_campaign=Inhouse_App_Install
The most notable moments from Bill and Melinda Gates' discussion at Code Conference 2016.
Bill Gates: A Vision for the Future Help us caption & translate this video! http://amara.org/v/QZXl/
Scott Pelley catches up with the world's most generous philanthropists, Bill and Melinda Gates, and travels to some of the world's trouble spots their billions are helping.
Made a vlog during my trip to the 69th World Health Assembly UCL Fight the Fakes. Songs featured: Mura Masa - Love for That (ft. Shura) Point Point - F+L Mura Masa - What If I Go Alan Walker - Faded (Radiology Remix) Louis the Child - From Here Angel Grove - Jason Nolan (Echo Rainbow)
Ishu Kataria, YP-CDN Global Chapter Coordinator, delivers statement on behalf of YP-CDN and Stichting Health Action International on WHA69 Agenda Item 16.4: Addressing the global shortages of medicines, and the safety and accessibility of children’s medication.
Ishu Kataria, YP-CDN Global Chapter Coordinator delivers statement on behalf of YP-CDN and Stichting Health Action International: interventions concerning WHA69 Agenda Items 12.4 - Prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases: responses to specific assignments in preparation for the third High-level Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases in 2018
The Samoa Minister of Health’s speech on behalf of the Pacific Island countries at the 69th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland on the 23-28th May 2016.
In May, Novartis Access held an event to discuss how partnerships can help expand access to affordable NCD medicines for populations at the base of the pyramid – from disease awareness to screening, diagnosis, treatment adherence, through to supply chain integrity and impact measurement. © 2016 Novartis AG
Former State Senator David Grubb, shared the story of his daughter Jessica's battle with addition at a special side event of the World Health Assembly focused on the world drug problem. In the audience at the United Nations Office at Geneva were Health Ministers, advocates and experts from around the world. Mr. Grubb traveled to Geneva as one of three private sector advisors to the U.S. delegation to the World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland.
Sixty-ninth World Health Assembly Statement by Medicus Mundi Internacional and People´s Health Movement: 15.1 Draft global health sector strategies: HIV (A69/31), Viral Hepatitis (A69/32), Sexually Transmitted diseases (A69/33) Mai Seida, Egypt People´s Health Movement May 2016 www.ghwatch.org
Sylvia M. Burwell, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, led a multi-agency U.S. delegation to the 69th World Health Assembly. A look back at the discussion and events of the week-long conference which brought together top health officials and experts from around the world. Footage of the opening plenary courtesy of WHO's multimedia team.
The Director-General, Dr Margaret Chan, and the President of the Sixty-eighth World Health Assembly, H.E. Dr Jagat Prakash Nadda, on Thursday led the World Health Assembly’s annual awards ceremony, and presented 4 prizes to leaders in public health.
EU takes the floor (1:06:40) to justify its support for resolution singling out Israel at 69th UN World Health Assembly, and providing Israel will be singled out again at 70th WHA in 2017. More: http://www.unwatch.org/un-vilifies-israel-worlds-violator-health-rights/
The Sixty-eighth session of the World Health Assembly (WHA) takes place in Geneva 18–26 May 2015. The Health Assembly is the supreme decision-making body of WHO. It is attended by delegations from all WHO Member States. Its main functions are to determine the policies of the Organization, supervise financial policies, and review and approve the proposed programme budget. The Health Assembly is held annually in Geneva, Switzerland.
The Sixty-ninth session of the World Health Assembly (WHA) takes place in Geneva 23-28 May 2016. The Health Assembly is the supreme decision-making body of WHO. This year, it is attended by 3000 delegates from WHO Member States and partner organizations. Its main functions are to determine the policies of the Organization, supervise financial policies, and review and approve the proposed programme budget. The Health Assembly is held annually in Geneva, Switzerland.
Antimicrobial resistance is the topic of one of three World Health +SocialGood shows being broadcast live on 24-26 May 2016. The shows are produced by WHO in collaboration with the UN Foundation during the World Health Assembly in Geneva. For more information on World Health +Social Good http://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/2016/wha69/topical-discussions/en/ For more information on antimicrobial resistance: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/antibiotic-resistance/en/
Bastyr ND student Griffin McMath presents on her experience as the first official delegate to represent ND students at the World Health Organization’s World Health Assembly. Learn more at http://www.bastyr.edu/news/general-news-home-page/2015/06/student-takes-naturopathic-advocacy-global-world-health-assembly