All our efforts at the Gates Foundation strive toward one goal: ensuring that every child, no matter where they are born, can ...

New partnership will join others to expand access to generic lenacapavir for millions more people at risk of HIV in high-burden countries—bringing the world closer to ending the epidemic NEW YORK ...

This article originally appeared on Time.com. One of humanity’s most stunning achievements is something most people don’t even realize happened. In 2000, more than 10 million children died before they ...

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.

The first time Dr. Emmanuel Mugisha tried to raise awareness about vaccines, it wasn't easy. In the mid-1990s, Uganda—Mugisha's home country—was at the center of the HIV/AIDS crisis. Fresh out of ...

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 ...

This article was originally published on Gates Notes. When I first began thinking about how to give away my wealth, I did what I always do when I start a new project: I read a lot of books. I read ...

This article originally appeared on Economist.com. In recent years a quiet but disturbing trend emerged: as countries struggled to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and other shocks, official ...

Not long ago in India, a small business owner applying for a loan would need to bring her physical ID and paper financial records to a bank branch, fill out an application by hand, and wait for a loan ...

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 ...

Clare Mukankusi hears this every time she visits farmers in Uganda. For the country’s smallholder farmers—most of them women—unpredictable weather isn’t just a setback; it’s a threat to their ...

SEATTLE (January 16, 2025) – At the start of the Gates Foundation’s 25th anniversary year, its governing board approved the largest budget in its history. The foundation will operate with a budget of ...