Kate Somers

Kate Somers

Kate Somers is a program officer in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s maternal, newborn and child health team where she supports the measurement, health policy and evidence portfolio.

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Equity: A platform for achieving the SDGs and promoting human rights

Equity: A platform for achieving the SDGs and promoting human rights

about 10 years ago // Human Rights Day

A focus on equity is a powerful step toward improved human rights, write Cesar Victora, emeritus professor of epidemiology at the Federal University of Pelotas in Brazil, and Kate Somers, program officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's maternal, newborn and child health team, in this op-ed on the U.N.'s global day for human rights.