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SEATTLE, COPENHAGEN, LONDON (January 22, 2026) – The Gates Foundation, Novo Nordisk Foundation, and Wellcome today awarded a total of $60 million in new grant funding over the next three years to ...

Did you know that our agriculture has a direct connection to the economic development of major countries around the world?

When I look at financials, I see within the columns and rows of numbers the story of an organization. If you spend enough time with the data, it starts to tell you not just what the organization does, ...

We build on existing foundation expertise to facilitate the development of new diagnostic tools, treatments, vaccines, and reproductive health solutions designed to meet the needs of women and girls ...

An estimated 218 million women in low- and middle-income countries still have an unmet need for modern contraception, and the United Nations estimates that 19% of women in sub-Saharan Africa have an ...

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 “There are too many urgent problems to ...

When Yaw Bediako saw scientists and researchers departing Ghana, he made a life-changing pivot to keep brilliant minds in his country. After a grueling year of applications, interviews, and anxiety, ...

At CES 2025, one of the world’s largest technology trade shows, groundbreaking healthcare innovations took center stage, showcasing their potential to transform global health and save children’s lives ...

I spent a decade as a journalist at the start of my career, and I’ve always had the sense that women were underrepresented in media. What I didn’t know was exactly how much. Until now. To measure ...

We begin 2022 at a pivotal moment for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the world. The COVID pandemic has been both a profound shock and a clarion call to action to support the countries and ...

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: ...