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“Think about all the ways you used water in your daily routine this morning,”  Rachel Wilson, PATH’s senior director of advocacy and public policy, writes on our sister blog, DefeatDD. “You probably showered, brushed your teeth, used the toilet, washed your hands—all before making a cup of coffee with water whose safety you assumed without question. It is easy to forget that we didn’t always have such immediate access to water in the United States.”

Water can save lives, but it can also take them. Find out how unsafe water is connected to the two biggest killers of young children: diarrhea and pneumonia.

On March 19, I joined a panel of international leaders, researchers, and health colleagues to dig deeply into a crucial question: which investments will help us save the lives of more women and children?

Our Chief Strategy Officer Amie Batson has the reasons behind a surprising finding: when we focus on improving life for women, we improve life for everybody.