I felt suicidal. I couldn't stop crying. I remember thinking, wouldn't it be great if the car crashed and I died?

Bill [Gates] and I believe philanthropy can only be effective if it starts things and proves whether they actually work or not. That's the place that governments often don't want to, or can't, work.

Bill and I both firmly believe that even the most difficult global health problems can be solved.

We have to be careful in how we use this light shined on us.

You can have the best vaccines for a woman or her child, but if you can't get her to come and get them then they won't work.

If we're going to make progress on this issue [of contraception], we have to be really clear about what our agenda is. We're not talking about abortion. We're not talking about population control. What I'm talking about is giving women the power to save their lives, to save their children's lives and to give their families the best possible future.

When we invest in women and girls, we are investing in the people who invest in everyone else.