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We can send people to the Moon we can see if there's life on Mars - why can't we get $5 [mosquito] nets to 500 million people?
Jacqueline Novogratz
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Jacqueline Novogratz
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: March 15
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the United States of America
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