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 ...

SEATTLE (January 12, 2026) – The Gates Foundation today announced the appointment of Dr. Sri Mulyani Indrawati, one of Indonesia’s longest-serving and first female minister of finance, as well as the ...

Dr. Valerie Nkamgang Bemo established and leads the foundation’s Emergency Response program, which supports emergency preparedness and relief efforts around the world. Responses have included the 2010 ...

The world is currently on pause, buying time while an effective vaccine against COVID-19 is developed. Already, several vaccines have entered human trials, and discussions have begun about how the ...

Minouche Shafik is an economist, policymaker, and higher education leader who has spent over three decades in leadership roles across a range of prominent international, national, and academic ...

Our Delhi office oversees the foundation’s work in India, which includes partnerships with the central and state governments, nongovernmental organizations, and the private sector. We began our work ...

Our Nigeria office opened in Abuja in 2012 and has been working to help the country and its partners address an array of major health and development challenges. Our investments include support for ...

to demonstrate a rapid, low-cost, point-of-care test capable of accurately detecting active schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminth infections in low and middle income countries, where access to ...

In her small village in rural Kenya, Josephine Kimonyi is known for making bold moves. In 2014, she and her husband Samuel left a vibrant life in Nairobi to return to Ngumu in southeast Kenya, where ...

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 ...

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 ...

Malaria has haunted humanity for thousands of years—its traces even found in the mummy of King Tut. Carried by mosquitoes, malaria is why these tiny insects are easily considered one of the world’s ...