Melinda Gates to address World Health Assembly today

Melinda Gates, Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will deliver a keynote address today (Tuesday) at the ongoing 67th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland. She revealed via Twitter that she will be discussing solutions for saving every newborn life.



In a recent interview with The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Melinda said  holding and feeding a newborn the proper way can make the difference between whether it lives or dies.

In the speech she will deliver today at the World Health Assembly in Geneva, Mrs Gates will urge global health officials as well as national governments to implement practices that will make deliveries safer and keep newborns alive.

"You could get newborn deaths down substantially in the first couple of years," she told WSJ.

"For me it's a continuum of care for women and for babies," she said. "It's the women who are in charge of the health of the children. So if we can keep her healthy, and keep the newborns healthy, you keep the whole family more healthy."

Also today, Dr Christine Kaseba-Sata, First Lady of Zambia and WHO Goodwill Ambassador against gender-based violence will be delivering a keynote address.

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