In her small village in rural Kenya, Josephine Kimonyi is known for making bold moves. In 2014, she and her husband Samuel left a vibrant life in Nairobi to return to Ngumu in southeast Kenya, where ...

Foundation is planning operating expenditures at approximately 14% annually to ensure more funds are directed to the programs and people we serve SEATTLE (January 14, 2026) – The Gates Foundation ...

In light of Bill Gates’ new book, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, we spoke with Rodger Voorhies, president of the foundation’s Global Growth & Opportunity Division, about the foundation’s work to ...

We are a community of passionate optimists who see daunting challenges like disease and hunger and gender inequality and are ready to roll up our sleeves and look for ways to solve them. We are ...

to extend the shelf-life of crops without refrigeration and protect them from being eaten by pests by developing a molecular camouflage that uses cutin from plant extracts to create an edible, ...

To advance the World Health Assembly’s resolution on food fortification to combat micronutrient deficiencies, by strengthening knowledge management, building capacity, expanding evidence-based tools, ...

To improve access to healthcare for underserved populations by developing digital tools that include voice‑to‑voice and local‑language features that help people seek and receive care.

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To evaluate and optimize the deployment of measles IgM rapid diagnostic tests to strengthen measles surveillance, improve timely case confirmation, and inform national decision-making for outbreak ...

to develop an affordable, low-profile finger-based blood pressure device for low-resource setting clinical evaluation ...

to support the participation of junior scientists, scientists from low- and middle-income countries, and trainees in the 2026 Gordon Research Seminar and Conference on Mammalian Reproduction ...

Pregnancy should always be safe, but in Nigeria some families are scared about what the outcome might be. About 75,000 women in my country die each year during pregnancy or delivery—about a quarter of ...