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Amid historic foreign aid cuts, Bill Gates urges wealthy nations to invest in Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, which provides lifesaving vaccines to more than half of the world’s children SEATTLE (June 24, ...
ADDIS ABABA (June 2, 2025) – In an address today in Nelson Mandela Hall at the African Union, Gates Foundation Chair Bill Gates urged African leaders to seize the moment to accelerate progress in ...
On foundation’s 25th anniversary, Bill Gates outlines ambitious goals, inspiration for donating most of his resources and new timeline to spend-down by 2045 SEATTLE (May 8, 2025) – On the occasion of ...
This article was originally published on Gates Notes. When I first began thinking about how to give away my wealth, I did what I always do when I start a new project: I read a lot of books. I read ...
This article originally appeared on Economist.com. In recent years a quiet but disturbing trend emerged: as countries struggled to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and other shocks, official ...
Milestone year kicks off with name and logo change; new Chief Communications Officer joins Executive Leadership Team SEATTLE (January 16, 2025) – At the start of the Gates Foundation’s 25th ...
This is why our foundation, along with our partners, has been on a journey for nearly 15 years to rethink sanitation by supporting the development of reinvented toilets and other sanitation solutions ...
Meet global experts who are working to ensure that every child has the chance to reach their full potential and how the innovations they use are addressing global health challenges.
From Rwanda to the Philippines, new payment platforms powered by the foundation-supported Mojaloop software are on the cusp of providing millions with the many benefits of digital payments.
Empowering women who work in agriculture presents a major opportunity. Chief of Economic Empowerment Jemimah Njuki at UN Women tells us why it is critical that the progress of agriculture is truly ...
A Cameroonian scientist helped find a cost-effective way to exterminate more mosquitoes—and cut malaria cases among children almost in half.
Ethan Wong leads learning initiatives for the Primary Health Care team, with a focus on innovative service delivery models and increasing system efficiency to improve health outcomes in low- and ...