To expand access to digital financial services so people in the lowest-income communities around the globe can build security and prosperity for themselves, their families, and their communities.

When a mother dies during childbirth, the future dies with her. The world doesn’t just lose everything she is and will be. We also—all too often—lose her child. The chance of a baby reaching their ...

When historians write about the first quarter of the 21st century, I think they may sum it up this way: Twenty years of unprecedented progress followed by five years of stagnation. This is true for ...

In October 2006, the original trustees of the foundation, Bill Gates, Melinda French Gates and Warren Buffett, created a two-entity structure. One entity, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, ...

We are data people, and this is a data report. Sort of. In 2015, leaders from 193 countries agreed to the Sustainable Development Goals—the SDGs. These were big, bold objectives we wanted to achieve ...

SEATTLE -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced today a gift of $750 million over five years to help ensure that children in developing countries are immunized against major killer diseases ...

From early childhood, we each saw how our parents helped out in our local communities, and we were taught that anything is possible. Unfortunately, factors outside of anyone’s control make it hard for ...

to identify natural products versus Mtb and Pf targets by exploring biosynthetic gene clusters within fungal genome to benefit individuals impacted by TB and Malaria in the low and middle-income ...

To support farmers and governments in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia that are seeking a sustainable, inclusive agricultural transformation—one that creates economic opportunity, respects limits on ...

In the last two decades, scientists and health workers have invented and delivered solutions to treat and prevent deadly diseases. Childhood deaths have been cut in half. We can cut childhood deaths ...

As CEO of the Gates Foundation, Mark Suzman leads the organization in service of our mission – to help every person have the opportunity to live a healthy, productive life. Knowing that we cannot ...

Since making our first grants in South Africa in 1999, we have been committed to addressing issues such as the country’s high rates of HIV and tuberculosis (TB), social inequality, and inadequate ...