June 11

• Africa: Bill Gates - Dimbleby Lecture [press release]

  Thank you, Jonathan. It is a pleasure to be at the Royal Institution to honor Richard Dimbleby. As I got ready for this evening and learned more about him, I developed a strong... Read more »

April 24

• Africa: A Bold Idea for Malaria Treatment Goes Global

  Picture a two-liter bottle of soda pop, and then picture a vat the size of a three-story building. The pop bottle represents a point in time nine years ago, and the vat is today's... Read more »

April 17

• Africa: Global Newborn Action ...With a Plan [guest blog]

  "Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes, but no plans." Truer words were never spoken. We take those words to heart as hundreds of global health researchers,... Read more »

April 11

• Africa: It's Time to do Another "Easy" Thing: Newborn Health Care [analysis]

  The Global Newborn Health Conference (#Newborn2013) taking place next week in Johannesburg, South Africa is an impressive indication of how far the newborn health agenda has come... Read more »

March 1

• Africa: Expanding Contraceptive Choices for Women [opinion]

  I recently met a young woman named Mercy who had five children and was struggling to make ends meet. She had tried oral contraceptives to prevent pregnancy, but admitted that she... Read more »

• Africa: Innovative Partnership Reduces Cost of Bayer's Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptive Implant by More Than 50 Percent

  Initiative will expand access to contraceptives for 27 million women in low-income countries Read more »

January 31

• Africa: Gates Foundation Announces Winner of 2013 Gates Vaccine Innovation Award [press release]

  The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced the winner of the second Gates Vaccine Innovation Award. The announcement was made in Bill Gates' fifth annual letter, which... Read more »

January 30

• Africa: Bill Gates's 2013 Annual Letter - Measuring Impact

  Today I am launching my Annual Letter. This year, I concentrate on the power of clear goals and accurate measurement-simple concepts really-to improve the lives of the poorest... Read more »

September 28, 2012

• Africa: Global Luminaries Unite to Issue Urgent Call for a Polio-Free World [press release]

  In a display of solidarity, leaders from around the world today vowed to capitalize on progress achieved this year and to step up the fight to eradicate polio. Heads of state from... Read more »

September 27, 2012

• Africa: 3,000 Miles for 3 Minutes - a Global Call to End Polio [column]

  This week, I am heading from Seattle to New York to speak for 180 seconds. I will be talking at a United Nations meeting about the fight to eradicate polio. I am very passionate on... Read more »

August 15, 2012

• Africa: Bill Gates Names Winners of 'Reinvent the Toilet Challenge' [press release]

  Bill Gates today announced the winners of the Reinvent the Toilet Challenge—an effort to develop "next-generation" toilets that will deliver safe and sustainable sanitation... Read more »

• Africa: Bill Gates on Inventing a Toilet for the 21st Century [document]

  I announced the winners today of the foundation's Reinvent the Toilet Challenge--a competition designed to encourage breakthroughs in clean, affordable sanitation. Read more »

August 14, 2012

• Africa: Why We Need Foundations at the Table for Sanitation Innovation [editorial]

  Providing access to sanitation is a critical issue on the WASH spectrum, and one that is intertwined with countless other issue areas, including health, poverty, education, human... Read more »

• Africa: Gates Foundation Reinvent the Toilet Challenge [document]

  About the Reinvent the Toilet Fair Read more »

July 11, 2012

• Africa: Landmark Summit Puts Women at Heart of Global Health Agenda [press release]

  Voluntary family planning services will reach an additional 120 million women and girls in the world's poorest countries by 2020 thanks to a new set of commitments announced today... Read more »

July 10, 2012

• Malawi: Empowering Women to Determine Their Future [opinion]

  One reason I am so optimistic about global development is that I see proof of what's possible everywhere I go. Developing countries are doing innovative work that is changing the... Read more »

May 25, 2012

• Africa: Bill Gates on WHO Resolutions on Polio & Vaccines

  Statement by Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, on the occasion of the World Health Assembly resolutions declaring completion of polio eradication a... Read more »

May 24, 2012

• Nigeria: Polio Eradication Shifts Into Emergency Mode

  Despite the dramatic drop in polio cases in the last year, the threat of continued transmission due to funding and immunization gaps has driven the Global Polio Eradication... Read more »

May 9, 2012

• Africa: Gates Foundation Announces Over 100 new Grants [press release]

  The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, through its Grand Challenges Explorations initiative, today announced over 100 new grants of US$100,000 each to support innovative global... Read more »

April 24, 2012

• Africa: Malaria Gains Threatened By Global Fund Shortfall

  Malaria funding has increased nearly ten-fold in the last decade and produced an incredible return on investment. Read more »

April 6, 2012

• Africa: Melinda Gates - Tedxchange - the Big Picture [document]

  Prepared remarks by Melinda French Gates, co-chair and trustee: Read more »

April 5, 2012

• Africa: Contraception for the 215 Million Women Who Want It

  215 million. Read more »

February 23, 2012

• Africa: 'Focus on Productivity to Transform Lives' - Gates [press release]

  Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, told the international agricultural community it had fallen short of delivering the help small farmers in... Read more »

• Africa: International Response to Helping Poor Farmers Outdated and Inefficient - Bill Gates [press release]

  Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, told the international agricultural community it had fallen short of delivering the help small farmers in... Read more »

• Africa: Prepared Remarks By Bill Gates, Co-Chair and Trustee [document]

  I am grateful for the opportunity to address the global agriculture community, and I want to thank President Nwanze for inviting me. Read more »