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Dr. Zolelwa Sifumba overcame MDR-TB and now fights to raise awareness, reduce stigma, and strengthen TB prevention. Discover ...
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, ...
Kenya’s success with a new post-partum hemorrhage protocol could improve maternal health care across Africa and beyond.
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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.
In many regions, women experience many more barriers to accessing digital services digital public infrastructure than men. Yet, including women in digital systems could add US$4.9 trillion to the ...
An expert reveals what learning may look like in the future—and how to ensure that all students benefit equally.