Artificial intelligence, if applied in the right ways, could vastly accelerate global progress in health, education, and economic opportunity. But one major barrier is keeping AI from achieving its ...

New Goalkeepers Report: AI could be a great equalizer, but only if it’s built intentionally to benefit the people who need it most. The 2026 report, Make This Matter: AI, Equity, and the Choice We Can ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the remarkable, unprecedented progress made over the previous two decades in global health and development has stalled, and in many cases even reversed. Sadly, instead of ...

Greg Widmyer leads the Immunization team which works with countries, multilateral organizations, the private sector, and civil society organizations to ensure the delivery of vaccines and sustained ...

Kathleen Walsh oversees the strategic planning, operations, and measurement work for the Washington State, Economic Mobility and Opportunity, and U.S. Charters strategies as a deputy director of ...

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 ...

Last year, a man named Chuck Feeney died, at the age of 92. Feeney was a billionaire, but you might not have heard of him. He purposely led a low-profile life—he wore a ten-dollar watch and, in his ...

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 “There are too many urgent problems to ...

Since 2018, the foundation has made a series of investments that aim to discover gene-based cures for sickle cell disease (SCD) and HIV that can be delivered safely and accessibly in a “single shot.” ...

SEATTLE (July 21, 2026) - The Governing Board of the Gates Foundation has approved a series of recommendations based on findings by WilmerHale, the law firm retained to conduct a review of past ...

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 ...

When I was doing HIV/TB research many years ago in Vietnam, I frequently encountered this issue, and it continues to be a problem today. Emmanuel Mugisha, director of PATH’s work for the Typhoid ...