With a concerted push now and sustained effort over the next two decades, by 2045 the world’s infectious disease landscape ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In a recent essay for the Wall Street Journal our co-chair Bill Gates shared the best investment he’s ever made: the $10 billion the Gates Foundation has invested in Gavi, the Global Fund, and the ...

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 ...

If a person cannot prove who they are, can they take advantage of all of the opportunities society has to offer? For the 850 million people around the world who lack any acceptable form of legal ...

Whether we’re paying the rent, receiving a paycheck, splitting the cost of a meal, or simply buying a coffee, people in much of the world take digital banking for granted. Everything is handled with a ...

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.” ...

We have been experiencing one of the most difficult periods in modern history. The COVID-19 pandemic has killed more than 2 million people, sickened millions more, devastated the global economy, and ...

After years of progress toward health equity and poverty reduction, we are seeing a widening gap between countries and communities on nearly all metrics of global development. The development of new ...