His mother, Aminata Ba, knows that in Senegal, education—in French, the country’s official language—has long been viewed as the path to achieving that kind of dream. But that path is beginning to ...

The Gates Foundation, Novo Nordisk Foundation, and Wellcome will support locally led evaluations of AI tools that have the potential to improve health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries The ...

It’s been two years since my last letter, and the world has changed dramatically since then. Faced with compounding crises and competing priorities, leaders everywhere are making hard decisions about ...

In 2023, nearly 5 million children died before their 5th birthday—most of them from causes like malnutrition and preventable diseases. Kids in the poorest parts of the world are 80 times more likely ...

Foundation is planning operating expenditures at approximately 14% annually to ensure more funds are directed to the programs and people we serve SEATTLE (January 14, 2026) – The Gates Foundation ...

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 ...

If a person cannot prove who they are, can they take advantage of all of the opportunities society has to offer? For the 850 million people around the world who lack any acceptable form of legal ...

As a pediatrician and researcher in Johannesburg, South Africa, Dr. Lee Fairlie has seen more than her share of TB over the years. “For many reasons, TB still remains a huge problem here,” she says.

SEATTLE (August 4, 2025) – The Gates Foundation today announced a $2.5 billion commitment through 2030 to accelerate research and development (R&D) focused exclusively on women’s health. It will ...

When I first began practicing as an obstetrician-gynecologist, I was surprised to find that most medications commonly given to pregnant women hadn’t been specifically formulated for use in pregnancy.

NEW YORK (July 17, 2025) – Today, a coalition of foundations and philanthropists—Ballmer Group, Gates Foundation, Stand Together, Valhalla Foundation and John Overdeck—announced NextLadder Ventures, a ...

Inside the children’s ward at a hospital in Mozambique, there’s an astounding hush. Gone are the panicked cries, the air thick with fever. Missing are the small, listless bodies, two to three on a bed ...