"...The most imortant thing I learned is this thing that is still surprising when I tell other people, which is, that as you improve health in a society, population growth goes down."
--Bill Gates, The Gates Foundation

The Five Killers

August 8th, 2008

Except in rare isolated cases, measles, diarrhea, malaria, pneumonia and malnutrition no longer claim the lives of children in the industrialized world.  But in these poor countries, these five conditions kill almost 10 million needy children a year.  That is 30,000 every day, 1 every 3 secons, every second of every day, of every week, of every year.

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Essential medicines to help needy children

The Lucress Watson and Dick Watson Children's Foundation is dedicated to bringing essential medicines and supplies to the very poorest needy children in the world.

We've created a remarkable, cost-efficient program to deliver health care through local organizations to some of the most remote places on earth, so that more needy children can grow up in good health.

Our goal ...

Our goal is to help needy children by bringing a steady supply of essential medicines to children who don't have ready access to modern medical care -- needy kids who live in extremely remote rural areas.