Artificial intelligence is advancing quickly, but for billions of people, access remains out of reach. Many of the most powerful tools remain concentrated among those with the most resources, while ...

In January 2020, as details began emerging about the potential global threat of a novel coronavirus, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pivoted its work and resources to help address what would ...

Digital public infrastructure (DPI) is foundational, re-usable digital building blocks—such as digital payments, ID, and data sharing—designed for the public benefit. DPI spans the entire economy, ...

More than one billion children in lower-income countries have been protected with life-saving vaccines since 2000, thanks in part to a global partnership called Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. In 2000, ...

Women in Africa are more likely to be working than women in other regions, and almost 50% of women in the non-agricultural labor force are entrepreneurs. It is the only region in which women are more ...

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 ...

As impatient optimists, one question we constantly come back to at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is: What’s Next? However much progress is made, whatever achievements are celebrated, we remain ...

Gagandeep “Cherry” Kang is a physician-scientist who leads the foundation’s efforts to address enteric and diarrheal diseases, including by supporting work on diagnostics, genomics, epidemiology, and ...

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I am pleased to share the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s 2014 Annual Report with our friends and partners. Our complete audited financial statements are available on gatesfoundation.org. This is ...

I am pleased to share the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's 2015 Annual Report with our friends and partners. Our complete audited financial statements are available on gatesfoundation.org. This was ...

This shift is already happening in regions long vulnerable to weather extremes, including South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. In Malawi, for example, prolonged drought led to major maize losses in 2024 ...