The foundation’s Family Planning team works to ensure that women and girls can access the contraceptives and family planning services they want and thus exercise their right to decide whether to have ...

To improve health outcomes and prevent premature death in populations around the world suffering from high rates of Malaria infection by developing next generation malaria vaccine candidates.

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 Gates Foundation, Bill Gates shapes and approves foundation strategies, advocates for the foundation’s issues, and sets the organization’s overall direction. He works with grantees ...

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 ...

Many of the questions we receive can be answered by information on our web site, where you can: ...

The Big Easy is brimming with talent, and untapped potential. YouthForce NOLA is helping students turn real-life work experience into real-world success.

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 ...

To encourage and equip low- and middle-income countries to adopt safe and inclusive digital public infrastructure to advance the global Sustainable Development Goals. Digital public infrastructure ...

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 ...

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, ...

To support the mission of public interest media to deliver reliable, consistent reporting on critical global health and development issues that disproportionally affect the world’s poorest people.