Peer coaching is changing life for millions of men living with HIV/AIDS in South Africa. Hear it from Coach Silver Shabalala, ...

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: ...

Artificial intelligence is advancing quickly, but for billions of people, access remains out of reach. Many of the most powerful tools remain concentrated among those with the most resources, while ...

When Sibongile Hlatshwayo began losing weight, it was the first sign that something might be wrong. Then she started coughing up blood. Her family rushed her to a nearby clinic. “They couldn’t find ...

His mother, Aminata Ba, knows that in Senegal, education—in French, the country’s official language—has long been viewed as the path to achieving that kind of dream. But that path is beginning to ...

It’s been two years since my last letter, and the world has changed dramatically since then. Faced with compounding crises and competing priorities, leaders everywhere are making hard decisions about ...

Belém, Brazil (November 7, 2025) — The Gates Foundation today announced a new commitment to advancing climate adaptation, helping smallholder farmers build resilience to a warming world and protect ...

Since 2002, the Global Fund has helped save an estimated 70 million lives by supporting country-led efforts to prevent, treat, and reduce the devastating impact of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), and ...

This article originally appeared on Time.com. One of humanity’s most stunning achievements is something most people don’t even realize happened. In 2000, more than 10 million children died before they ...

SEATTLE (August 4, 2025) – The Gates Foundation today announced a $2.5 billion commitment through 2030 to accelerate research and development (R&D) focused exclusively on women’s health. It will ...

When I first began practicing as an obstetrician-gynecologist, I was surprised to find that most medications commonly given to pregnant women hadn’t been specifically formulated for use in pregnancy.

The first time Dr. Emmanuel Mugisha tried to raise awareness about vaccines, it wasn't easy. In the mid-1990s, Uganda—Mugisha's home country—was at the center of the HIV/AIDS crisis. Fresh out of ...