I Realized That The Only Way To

The Biggest Pieces Of Work That We Do Are Vaccines, Because Those Save Lives, And Also Family Planning. Because If A Woman Can Space The Births Of Her Children, It Changes Everything For Her Health And Her Child's Health.

Now, As Smartphones Are Coming Up, There Are All Kinds Of Apps That Will Start To Be Developed That Will Help Women.

Any Social Or Cultural Change Has To Be Made Openly And With People Agreeing. You Don't Get There By Just Pushing An Outsider's Point Of View.

Contraceptives Unlock One Of The Most Dormant, But Potentially Powerful Assets In Development: Women As Decision-makers. When Women Have The Power To Make Choices About Their Families, They Tend To Decide Precisely What Demographers, Economists, And Development Experts Recommend. They Invest In The Long-term Human Capital Of Their Families.

I've Travelled Extensively In The Last 16 Years - To Slums In Bangladesh, To Townships In South Africa, To All Kinds Of Places In India, Etc. When I Would Go And Talk To Villagers About Something Like Vaccines, If I Stayed Long Enough, The Women Would Bring The Conversation Around And Say: "what About This Family Planning Tool? We Can't Keep Having The Number Of Children We're Having."