I'm Christian. Growing up in Ethiopia, it's half-Christian and half-Muslim. You grow up with Muslim kids. I'm very much aware of their religion.

Children with healthy mothers are much more likely to survive childhood, attend school and live healthy, productive lives.

Prenatal care is one of the most effective ways to reduce maternal mortality because it identifies complications or high risks before emergency situations.

No other health disparity is so stark; virtually every woman who dies giving birth lives in a poor country.

When a woman has her first child in places like Africa, they're really young. They can be 12, 13,14, so their frames are really small, and they're usually malnourished.

Take good care of your skin and hydrate. If you have good skin, everything else will fall into place.

Investing in women's lives is an investment in sustainable development, in human rights, in future generations - and consequently in our own long-term national interests.