The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation honoured Dr Radhika Batra, co-founder of the nonprofit organization Every Infant Matters, which provides last-mile health solutions to disadvantaged children in India along with three others with the 2022 Goalkeepers Global Goals Awards. "Radhika Batra of India, Zahra Joya of Afghanistan, Vanessa Nakate of Uganda, and Ursula von der Leyen of Germany are recognized for their extraordinary work towards achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals," an official statement said.
Since launching in 2017, Dr Batra's organization has saved 74,173 children from blindness; given prenatal vitamins to more than 40,000 disadvantaged women; and provided education to prevent gender inequality and the stigma of TB, HIV/AIDS, and blindness to more than 65,000 families. "Dr Batra is progressing SDG 3: Good Health & Well-Being and SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities," as per an official statement.
