Learn why child mortality is rising for the first time in our lives - and how smarter investments, innovation, and science ...

Belém, Brazil (November 7, 2025) — The Gates Foundation today announced a new commitment to advancing climate adaptation, helping smallholder farmers build resilience to a warming world and protect ...

New partnership will join others to expand access to generic lenacapavir for millions more people at risk of HIV in high-burden countries—bringing the world closer to ending the epidemic NEW YORK ...

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 ...

Whether we’re paying the rent, receiving a paycheck, splitting the cost of a meal, or simply buying a coffee, people in much of the world take digital banking for granted. Everything is handled with a ...

Growing up on a small farm in Kenya, I lived a life defined by gender roles every moment of the day. My mother, sisters, and I worked endlessly in the fields and at home, while my brothers had time ...

Long before she devoted her life to studying mosquitoes, Corine Ngufor knew their scourge. Growing up in Cameroon, “I was condemned to suffer from malaria,” she says. “My siblings and I would just ...

In May, I spent a week visiting partners, grantees, and colleagues in Ethiopia. It’s hard to believe that my last trip to the country was in 2018. The world has changed so much since then, and perhaps ...

When Yaw Bediako saw scientists and researchers departing Ghana, he made a life-changing pivot to keep brilliant minds in his country. After a grueling year of applications, interviews, and anxiety, ...

Since 2000, the death rate for children under age 5 has fallen by an astonishing 51%, in large part thanks to vaccines. It’s easy to take this progress for granted, but I recall how things used to be, ...

SEATTLE, (May 13, 2024) – In addition to the above video message above, please find below the message Mark shared with employees. I am writing to share some important news. Melinda French Gates has ...

WHO, UNICEF, Gavi, and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation launch “Humanly Possible” campaign to scale up vaccination programmes around the world during World Immunization Week 2024 24 April 2024 | Geneva ...