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 ...

Building on the breakthrough malaria vaccine approved this year, a robust pipeline of next-generation anti-malaria tools will be crucial to getting ahead of malaria and forging ahead toward its ...

We begin 2022 at a pivotal moment for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the world. The COVID pandemic has been both a profound shock and a clarion call to action to support the countries and ...

At CES 2025, one of the world’s largest technology trade shows, groundbreaking healthcare innovations took center stage, showcasing their potential to transform global health and save children’s lives ...

Dr. Polycarp Oyoo will never forget his first encounter with postpartum bleeding—the leading cause of maternal deaths worldwide. As a young doctor, he helped a Kenyan mother deliver twins at a ...

At a transfer point in a small village in Malawi a group of parents, elders, and local health workers stood ready. Some had brought carts; others had cleared space on boats. If they had to, they would ...

In the 1990s, Zimbabwe had one dry year every five years. Now it is once every two years, and sometimes the dry years are back-to-back. I have been involved with smallholder farming my entire life.

When Maryam Mustafa walked into a small, crowded clinic in Pakistan she carefully scanned the space—a shared lobby that doubled as an examination room. Dozens of women waited quietly as doctors moved ...

In 2018, UNICEF called Pakistan the riskiest place in the world for newborns because it had the highest infant mortality rate of any nation. Due to a range of factors, including an acute shortage of ...

Twenty years ago, if you lived in one of the 100 countries where malaria was endemic and your child got a fever and chills, chances are you wouldn’t get a definitive diagnosis. The health clinic you ...

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has been a longtime source of inspiration, counsel, and wisdom to many in the global health community. For decades, he has led the campaign to make Guinea worm ...

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.” ...