We are a community of passionate optimists who see daunting challenges like disease and hunger and gender inequality and are ready to roll up our sleeves and look for ways to solve them. We are ...

When COVID-19 accelerated digital transformation globally, it highlighted the difference between strong and weak digital infrastructure. Countries have a narrow window to ensure they have digital ...

About 3.5 billion people—half of the world’s population—lack access to safe sanitation. In low- and middle-income countries especially, poor sanitation is a massive risk to human health, disrupting ...

For two decades, Dr. Sugandha Arya worked in the sanctuary of a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) filled with fragile newborns. Each day, she and her team at Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi, India, ...

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has its headquarters in Seattle, Washington, where the Gates family has lived for generations. Our campus is a gathering place for employees, grantees, and partners ...

Since opening in 2012, our offices in Addis Ababa, we have partnered with our donors, government, the private sector, and civil society to help Ethiopians live healthy and productive lives. We have ...

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 ...

As co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates shapes and approves foundation strategies, advocates for the foundation’s issues, and sets the organization’s overall direction. He works ...

The foundation awards the majority of its grants to U.S. 501(c)(3) organizations and other tax-exempt organizations identified by our staff. (Tax status definitions) (Glossary of terms) ...

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Depuis 2000, le taux de mortalité des enfants de moins de 5 ans a chuté de pas moins de 51 %, en grande partie grâce aux vaccins. Il serait facile de tenir ces progrès pour acquis, mais j’ai connu de ...

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 ...