Dr. Anita Zaidi

Dr. Anita Zaidi is the president of the Gender Equality Division at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In this role, Anita oversees the foundation’s efforts to achieve gender equality by integrating gender across the foundation’s global work and investing in women’s economic empowerment, women’s leadership, and removing the barriers for women and girls to thrive. Previously, Zaidi was the department chair of Pediatrics and Child Health at the Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan, where she worked to reduce child mortality through the prevention and treatment of illness.

Latest Articles

Opinion: Women have chosen the path. Our job is to walk with them

about 3 years ago // Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

Work is being done to better meet the needs of women and girls by putting them in control and empowering them to make their own contraceptive decisions. Yet despite growing demand, funding for family planning has essentially flatlined.

Tackling the silent killers of children

almost 10 years ago // Water and sanitation

Through concerted investment in improving water and sanitation, developing new vaccines and ensuring that the most marginalized people have access to the current prevention and treatment tools, we can significantly reduce EDDs, writes Anita Zaidi, director for enteric and diarrheal diseases program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, in this guest column.

Stocking up to defeat cholera

about 10 years ago // Focus On: Global Health

Stopping cholera requires investment in vaccines along with improved hygiene and sanitation, writes Anita Zaidi, director of the enteric and diarrheal diseases program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. As the WHO approves a low-cost cholera vaccine this week, what are the next steps in combating the disease?

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