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Jan 17

In 2023, the Gates Foundation is doubling down on our work to fight poverty, disease, and inequity around the world. We're also faced with tough questions about our influence. That's the focus of our CEO

Exclusive: World Bank seeks more funds to address climate change, other crises -document

's annual letter: gates.ly/3CXjAGr

"The challenges the world is facing call for a massive step up in the international community's support.” The international community must adapt, innovate, and collaborate to overcome challenges of climate change and lead the path to progress.

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The World Bank is seeking to vastly expand its lending capacity to address climate change and other global crises and will negotiate with shareholders ahead of April meetings on proposals that...

Why cholera continues to threaten many African countries

Jan 24

Education creates opportunities for every child and empowers entire communities. Learning changes everything. #EducationDay

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“From indigenous communities to state-of-the-art laboratories, women are coming up with innovative solutions that work for people and planet.”-

Malawi is facing its worst cholera outbreak in two decades. By expanding access to oral cholera vaccines and improving sanitation, we can prevent the suffering caused by the rise of this infection.

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Cholera has persisted longer in Africa largely due to worsening hygiene and sanitation situations in urban areas.

'Not right' for us to be key global health funder -Gates CEO

Jan 23

“Where there's a solution that can improve livelihoods and save lives, we'll advocate persistently for it. We won't stop using our influence… to find solutions." CEO

@MarkSuzman

explores our role as a key global health funder in his annual letter.

reuters.com

It is not right for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to play such a big role in global health funding, but the group will not back away until others step up, its chief executive said.

Bill Gates

@BillGates

Jan 23

In his annual letter, CEO

explains how the

2023 Gates Foundation Annual Letter

uses its dollars and voice to help find solutions for problems that otherwise might be neglected.

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Does the Gates Foundation have too much influence? Mark Suzman pens the 2023 Gates Foundation Annual Letter and responds to critiques about how the foundation uses its funding and influence.

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At COP27, UN Women Executive Director calls on global leaders to focus on gender equality as...

Jan 22

Today, as families and communities across the US and around the world gather to celebrate the Lunar New Year, we mourn the heartbreaking loss of life in Monterey Park, California.

The past several years have laid bare the deep structural inequalities that shape our societies. As

@UNWomenChief

said last month, the world is now facing challenges like climate change that can only be addressed if women are able to participate equally.

unwomen.org

UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Dr. Sima Bahous carried out a two-day mission to Egypt to participate in the 27th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP27) in Sharm...

Jan 21

The Gates Foundation’s influence comes with enormous responsibility: to act where we can do the most good, play a role appropriate for a philanthropic organization, follow the evidence, be transparent, & work in partnership with those we aim to help. gatesfoundation.org/ideas/articles

“Does our spending, along with the doors that it opens, give us too much power and influence?” Gates Foundation CEO

Gates CEO Mark Suzman takes on foundation's critics in annual letter

talks with

@devex

about the Foundation’s global impact:

devex.com

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation CEO Mark Suzman responds to some recent criticism of the foundation's role in the World Health Organization and in African agriculture in his latest annual letter.

Jan 20

The eradication of polio is possible only if donors continue to invest in it and we all remain committed to the very end. Every person vaccinated against the virus is a step in the right direction.

Jan 20

In his annual letter, our CEO

Gates Foundation CEO Aims to “Demystify” Its Work in Annual Letter

addresses important questions about the foundation's influence to, “demystify what we do and how we do it and what our intentions are, and the approach we take.”

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Why is women’s healthcare globally so often overlooked?

Jan 19

Despite revolutionary advances being made in healthcare, issues affecting women are often left out of the conversation. That’s an enduring inequity that leaves women worse off and harms the entire world.

weforum.org

By elevating the importance of women’s health, we can deliver more inclusive insights, more accessible solutions and much better care for women worldwide.

'Very, very worried': Another bleak year expected for food security

Jan 18

Crises across the world threaten to push even more people into famine in 2023. It is more critical than ever that world leaders intervene to protect food systems from future shocks.

devex.com

As the war in Ukraine approaches its second year and climate change continues to wreak havoc in places such as the Horn of Africa, experts are bracing for another year of dire consequences for global...

Polio-free India: It seemed impossible until it was done

Jan 18

When the Gates Foundation makes decisions about where and how to invest resources, the Sustainable Development Goals are our North Star. These goals guide actionable and measurable work to make life better for people around the world. #SDGs gatesfoundation.org/ideas/articles

It has been 12 years since #India reported its final case of polio—an incredible public health achievement. Over a decade later, we reflect on lessons learned in building a polio-free India and how we can overcome final obstacles to global eradication.

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Allan Golston

@AllanGolston

Jan 16

"Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?’” It’s a simple and profound idea from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., that inspires and motivates me this #MLK day.

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@GatesUS

Jan 16

“Always feel that you have worth, and always feel that your life has ultimate significance.” This #MLK Day we recommit to the critical work of breaking down barriers to opportunity and building equitable systems to help every young person reach their full potential.

Jan 15

We welcome the joint UN Call to Action to scale up treatment of #ChildWasting. This is a food *and* nutrition crisis. Without addressing the needs of women and infants, we risk losing millions of lives to malnutrition. Urgent action is needed.

In memoriam: Female trailblazers who leapt over barriers to fight for their sisters

Jan 14

Adrienne Germain. Mwele Ntuli Malecela. Ela Bhatt. Joyce Cohen Lashof. Leslie Bernstein. Five names the world should know and lives the world should remember.

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They were pioneers in their fields, working to improve the health and lives of other women and paving the way for other female scientists.

Jan 13

At this rate, the world won’t reach gender equality until at least 2108. We can’t achieve progress if half the world’s population continues to be left behind, and their potential and talent continues to go untapped.

has been leading the charge to #EndPolio for decades. Now, with the finish line in sight, they are ensuring that polio stays a global priority. We also remain committed, tripling every donation made to Rotary.

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@EndPolioNow

Jan 11

We are incredibly grateful to be partnering with the @gatesfoundation in finishing the job to #EndPolio. Join us in our joint commitment to raising $450 million to support the global polio eradication effort! Visit endpol.io/3IGcj1B to learn more and donate.

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Jan 12

Today, wild poliovirus remains endemic to only two countries - an incredible feat thanks to the work of polio vaccines. Hear from

@SciShow

about how polio vaccines can help #EndPolio for good and protect all children from paralysis.

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If we’ve had vaccines for the polio virus for almost 70 years, why haven’t we been able to fully eradicate it from the globe? Hosted by: Hank Green (he/him)T...

EndPolioNow

@EndPolioNow

Jan 11

We are incredibly grateful to be partnering with the

With your help, we can end polio for good.

in finishing the job to #EndPolio. Join us in our joint commitment to raising $450 million to support the global polio eradication effort! Visit endpol.io/3IGcj1B to learn more and donate.

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“Uninformative research” is the global health crisis you’ve never heard of

Jan 11

What goes into designing an effective clinical trial—and why do so many of them end without answering the question they set out to investigate?

gatesfoundation.org

Clinical trials are essential for making progress in global health, but many fail to yield results. A foundation program is working to change the status quo.

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Jan 10

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Polio eradication: Addressing the hurdles on the last mile

Jan 10

To achieve a polio-free world, we must overcome the final obstacles to eradication. In a new paper, polio expert

@anandaonline

outlines how investment in innovation and research will finally #EndPolio.

sciencedirect.com

1988, the World Health Assembly committed to eradicate poliomyelitis, a viral disease that can cause permanent paralysis. Today, only type 1 of the th…

The centuries-old disease now becoming an imminent global threat

Jan 10

Measles vaccination has consistently dropped due to #COVID19 disruptions. Now, communities across the world are experiencing devastating outbreaks. We have to invest in expanding access to vaccines. “There is no time to waste.”-

@e_cousens

telegraph.co.uk

Measles is preventable, but vaccination coverage has declined across the world since the beginning of Covid

Foreign Policy

@ForeignPolicy

Jan 8

On a new episode of HERO, a podcast from FP made possible in part through funding from

@reenaninan

speaks with

@SybilChidiac

, a senior program officer at

, about how to get rural women—particularly in Africa—more money. buff.ly/3VH2rYa

Jan 9

Expanding access to quality and affordable child care will bring the world a step closer to gender equity.

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Vaccination rates are falling, and it’s not just the COVID-19 vaccine that people are refusing

Jan 9

Global vaccination rates are dipping, and not just for COVID-19, but also for other vaccine-preventable illnesses. Since the pandemic, for measles, progress in the past decade has been erased, but we can’t back down now.

nature.com

Nature - Society’s best defence against childhood diseases is waning. What needs to be done to help it recover?

Antibody drugs could target infectious diseases — if costs come down

Jan 8

Antibody drugs are promising treatments for fighting infectious diseases and providing protection for months, but breakthroughs are needed to bring down the cost. ➡️Gates Foundation experts share their perspective in this article by

@Carolynyjohnson

washingtonpost.com

A steady stream of promising studies have identified antibody drugs that could prevent malaria, treat a hemorrhagic fever called Lassa or block Zika.

Melinda French Gates Adjusts to a New, Solo Role

Jan 6

For over two decades,

@MelindaGates

has blazed a trail in philanthropy. As she writes her next chapter as a co-chair of the Gates Foundation, she’s doubling down on creating a more equal playing field for women around the world.

wsj.com

The philanthropist and longtime advocate fights for women and girls. “The more I speak my truth, the more I know it’s opening the way for other people.”

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Jan 6

Every person deserves access to vaccines and treatments during a pandemic regardless of where they live. Health equity has to be a global priority.

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Jan 6

The Dr. Mwele Malecela Mentorship Program for women in Neglected Tropical Diseases is now open for applications. The program provides African women in NTDs with mentorship, training, and networking opportunities. Application period closes January 15th: bit.ly/3vHfbnd