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 ...

Explore 25 years of progress in global health, education, and equity—and discover the stories shaping our future.

Dr. Rajani R. Ved leads the India office’s health-portfolio which spans maternal and newborn health, maternal anemia, nutrition, and infectious diseases.

Edwige Fortier oversees advocacy efforts to increase attention to and funding for four global health multilateral organizations that the foundation supports: the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, ...

David Sotto leads strategy development and business operations for the Women’s Health Innovations team, which works to advance women’s health R&D in contraception, gynecological care, and infectious ...

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has committed to spending $8.6 billion in 2024 to help meet mounting needs and fund innovative ways to save and improve lives. Many philanthropists are stepping up, ...

The Bangladeshi government’s quick action to pay garment workers digitally during the pandemic led to enormous dividends for women workers—and demonstrated the power of financial inclusion to improve ...

On foundation’s 25th anniversary, Bill Gates outlines ambitious goals, inspiration for donating most of his resources and new timeline to spend-down by 2045 SEATTLE (May 8, 2025) – On the occasion of ...

An expert reveals what learning may look like in the future—and how to ensure that all students benefit equally.

Scientists, researchers, and implementers from 103 different nations stepped forward with great ideas on how to leverage AI to solve complex issues facing their communities. Of the grant recipients, ...

Rural women farmers might be the world’s most extraordinary unsung agents of change when it comes to climate resilience. These women make up nearly half the world’s agricultural workforce and produce ...

Since January 2020, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has committed more than US$2 billion to the global COVID-19 response. Our funding commitments for COVID-19 response draw from three sources: ...