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James Rockall
stated on May 9, 2017 in a tweet:

"More (people) die from indoor air pollution than from malaria, HIV/AIDS and TB combined."

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By Smitha Rajan • May 18, 2017

Matt Damon
stated on April 20, 2017 in a discussion with the president of the World Bank:

Poor people pay "in some cases, up to 25 percent of (their) income for water."

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By Jon Greenberg • May 1, 2017

Sean Spicer
stated on March 21, 2017 in a press conference:

"Global food demand is expected to increase by 50 to 97 percent by 2050."

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By Gabrielle Healy • March 30, 2017

David Perdue
stated on March 1, 2017 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press Daily":

"USAID put $8 billion up and attracted more than $45 billion in a public-private partnership called Power Africa."

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By Jon Greenberg • March 21, 2017

Boris Johnson
stated on February 17, 2017 in comments at the Munich Security Conference:

Global poverty is down to "less than 10% today from 37% in 1990."

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March 1, 2017

Bob Corker
stated on February 15, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":

"Today, 27 million people .. are enslaved."

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By Jon Greenberg • February 17, 2017

Danielle Nierenberg
stated on January 9, 2017 in a tweet:

"Tanzania farmers face 12 years in prison for trading seeds thanks to foreign aid."

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By Linda Qiu • February 10, 2017

Jeanne Shaheen
stated on January 24, 2017 in a Senate floor speech:

Says Donald Trump's abortion rule "puts at risk 15 times more funding and millions more women and families ... than previous similar policies by Republican presidents."

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By Jon Greenberg • February 1, 2017

Nikki Haley
stated on January 18, 2017 in a Senate confirmation hearing:

"Some countries are contributing (peacekeeping) troops because they're making money off of them."

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By Jon Greenberg • January 24, 2017

Brahma Chellaney
stated on December 28, 2016 in a website op-ed:

"Asia ... has less freshwater per capita than any other continent, except Antarctica."

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By Jon Greenberg • January 6, 2017

Foodmentum
stated on October 10, 2016 in a tweet:

"Europe and U.S. households waste 15 times more food than a person in Africa."

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By Jon Greenberg • October 27, 2016

Mike Pence
stated on October 16, 2016 in comments on "Meet the Press":

"In exchange for five minutes with Bill Clinton, the government of Qatar was going to give $1 million to the Clinton Foundation."

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By Linda Qiu • October 16, 2016

Oxfam America
stated on October 5, 2016 in a tweet:

"The world's 62 richest people own the same wealth as the 3.6 billion poorest."

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By Jon Greenberg • October 7, 2016

Justin Trudeau
stated on August 25, 2016 in a letter:

Young women, "account for a shocking 74% of all new HIV infections among adolescents in Africa."

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By Joseph Cariz • September 7, 2016

Bill Clinton
stated on July 26, 2016 in a post on Medium:

Says Hillary Clinton tripled the number of people with AIDS whose "lives are being saved .. and it did not cost you any more money."

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By Jon Greenberg • August 10, 2016

Barack Obama
stated on August 2, 2016 in at the White House:

Because of the Trans-Pacific Partnership "we’ve got a country like Malaysia taking really serious efforts to crack down on human trafficking."

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By Allison Graves, Neelesh Moorthy • August 5, 2016

Doctors Without Borders
stated on July 21, 2016 in a press release:

Trade deals threaten "India’s role as the pharmacy of the developing world" for new HIV medicines.

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By Jon Greenberg • August 3, 2016

UN's UNICEF
stated on July 6, 2016 in an article on Medium:

In South Sudan, "more teenage girls die in childbirth than finish high school."

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By Jon Greenberg • July 25, 2016

Morten Jerven
stated on June 29, 2016 in an article:

For 21 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, "we simply do not have data to say anything about trends in poverty."

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By Jon Greenberg • July 7, 2016

Tim Kaine
stated on June 26, 2016 in comments on "Meet the Press":

Says British voters "under 50, especially millennials, overwhelmingly voted to stay," in the European Union. "It was older voters who voted to leave."

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By Lauren Carroll • June 26, 2016

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