Africa: Gates Foundation Calls for Action on Child Malnutrition, Disease

New modelling shows 40 million more children will suffer from hunger's worst effects by 2050 due to climate change, but immediate action could instead boost health, spur… Read more »

Africa: Amidst Ongoing Global Crises, Gates Foundation Announces Largest Annual Budget Ever: $8.6 Billion in 2024 to Save and Improve Lives

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced its largest annual budget to date as it works toward the goal of a healthier, more prosperous world for all. With global… Read more »

Africa: Gates Foundation to Accelerate mRNA Vaccine Innovation and Manufacturing in Africa and Globally

Today at the 2023 Grand Challenges Annual Meeting, Bill Gates, Co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, announced new investments to advance access to mRNA research and… Read more »

Africa: Gates Foundation to Accelerate mRNA Vaccine Innovation and Manufacturing in Africa and Globally

Today at the 2023 Grand Challenges Annual Meeting, Bill Gates, Co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, announced new investments to advance access to mRNA research and… Read more »

Africa: Gates Foundation Honors 2023 Goalkeepers Awardees, Announces Commitments to Advance the Sustainable Development Goals

Awardees include Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter, Bono, and activists from Cameroon, Ethiopia, and the United States Read more »

Africa: Gates Foundation Goalkeepers Report Says Seven Innovations Could Save 2 Million Mothers and Babies by 2030

Melinda French Gates and Bill Gates call for urgent action to advance progress on the UN's Sustainable Read more »

Africa: Wellcome and Gates Foundation to Fund Late-Stage Development of TB Vaccine Candidate That Could Be First in 100 Years If Proven Effective

TB is one of the world’s deadliest diseases, killing about 4,300 people per day, mostly those living in povert Read more »