BERLIN (October 12, 2026) — The Gates Foundation and Wellcome Leap today announced a new initiative called Uzima: A Stillbirth Prevention Program, which aims to demonstrate that stillbirth rates can ...

Like many Ugandans, Dr. Clare Mukankusi grew up eating beans. They were served every day at school and grew in her family’s small garden in Entebbe. But while most Ugandans enjoy beans as a nutritious ...

Climate change, rising fuel costs, and soil depletion are making food production harder for the small farms the world relies on. Learn more.

The foundation awards the majority of its grants to U.S. 501(c)(3) organizations and other tax-exempt organizations identified by our staff. (Tax status definitions) (Glossary of terms) ...

To build and benchmark an open framework for voice AI performance in real-world field conditions to improve service access for rural women.

We accelerate progress toward the foundation’s bold global health goals by exploiting a comparative advantage of the foundation and our team in particular: the ability to invest in initiatives with a ...

Since opening in 2012, our offices in Addis Ababa, we have partnered with our donors, government, the private sector, and civil society to help Ethiopians live healthy and productive lives. We have ...

Everyone deserves the chance to live a healthy, productive life—and have access to the tools and resources to shape their own future. But for many people—especially women and girls—access to basic ...

Disease, conflict, and suffering thrive on poverty. Our global development programs create opportunities for people, communities, and countries to build wealth and invest in their futures. We work to ...

Our Johannesburg office is the regional headquarters for the Gates Foundation in Africa. We are committed to working with governments, academia, the private sector, and civil society to help advance ...

The opening of our foundation’s Kenya office in 2024 marked a pivotal milestone in our work within the country and reflected our deepened commitment to supporting meaningful change across East Africa ...

Alex Reid leads communications for the foundation and is responsible for the strategic use of voice to amplify the foundation’s philanthropic role and impact. She oversees all communications work ...