Dr. Zolelwa Sifumba overcame MDR-TB and now fights to raise awareness, reduce stigma, and strengthen TB prevention. Discover her story and advocacy.

The Gates Foundation has committed an additional $2.5 billion to invest in women's health through 2030. Learn some of the ...

William H. Gates Sr. (d. 2020) guided the vision and strategic direction of the foundation and served as an advocate for the foundation’s key issues.

When a mother dies during childbirth, the future dies with her. The world doesn’t just lose everything she is and will be. We also—all too often—lose her child. The chance of a baby reaching their ...

The world's worst child health crisis is malnutrition. Climate change is making it even harder to solve. To protect the world’s children from hunger’s worst effects, we must invest in global health.

The Future of Progress Halfway into the Sustainable Development Goals era, it’s time to change our approach.

We share two values that are a big part of why we started our foundation. Both of us were taught to give back and to be optimistic about the future.

The remarkable sweetpotato is one of many supercharged crops that can grow despite a changing climate. Farmers are adapting to climate change with it.

Our goal is to expand access to digital financial services so people in the lowest-income communities around the globe can build security and prosperity for themselves, their families, and their ...

CHICAGO -- Nearly every U.S. public library offers free access to computers and the Internet, but overall libraries are challenged to provide enough workstations to meet demand, pay for ongoing ...

Learn how we're supporting sustainable, inclusive agricultural innovation in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia to provide equal access to nutritious food.

SEATTLE, November 2, 2021 – Today at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledged US $315 million to the CGIAR global agriculture research ...