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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Solving malnutrition: The world’s most widespread health crisis
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Ideas
Read the latest stories, research, and news from across the foundation.
Can AI transform education?
An expert reveals what learning may look like in the future—and how to ensure that all students benefit equally.
By Asyia Kazmi
Senior Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The critical reason to close gender gaps in agriculture
By Jemimah Njuki
Chief of Economic Empowerment, UN Women
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Videos
What does Women’s Economic Power mean?
Why we must go beyond empowerment programs and build economic systems that work for women.
A scientist uses AI to give Africans control of their health
Darlington Akogo, Founder & CEO of minoHealth AI Labs, discusses how his product can save lives with a “digital doctor.”
Bill Gates talks with polio survivors
Why is polio eradication important? On his recent trip to Brussels, Bill Gates sat down with polio survivors and their families (hosted by Jacob Beautemps from Breaking Lab) to learn about their experiences with this preventable disease.
Foundation facts
For the year ended December 31, 2023. Amount in U.S. dollars.
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Our role
For 20 years, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has been committed to fighting the greatest inequities in the world.
How we work
We are focused on results. Those that can be measured. And those measured in ways beyond numbers.
