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Every child has potential. Learn how improving health, nutrition, and opportunity helps unlock it.

Edo State’s EdoCert program is using digital public infrastructure to unlock employment and educational opportunities for Nigerians.

A specialist in gender data and evidence explains how challenges and opportunities on the path to creating a more equitable care system could increase women’s participation in the global workforce.

Forming a women’s collective was just the beginning. To create economic power, Hellen’s women’s group built a system around belonging.

Three essential takeaways from the 2025 Goalkeepers Report on protecting children with smart investments and innovation.

The Gates Foundation has committed an additional $2.5 billion to invest in women's health through 2030. Learn some of the ways this money will help women across the globe.

A South African scientist who helped shape modern immunization is now focused on saving newborns through maternal vaccines.

Kenya’s success with a new post-partum hemorrhage protocol could improve maternal health care across Africa and beyond.

Discover how Kenya’s E-MOTIVE protocol and a low-cost blood-loss drape reduces severe postpartum bleeding by 60%, saving thousands of mothers each year.

Dr. Maryam Mustafa is building an AI tool to close dangerous gaps in maternal care and help more women in Pakistan survive pregnancy and childbirth.

Cabo Verde’s fight against malaria—powered by local leadership and Global Fund support—shows how partnership can eliminate disease worldwide.

Learn how vaccines helped stop a polio outbreak and protected millions of children across Liberia thanks to health worker Evans Lablah and his team.

The Global Fund has helped save an estimated 70 million lives since 2002. Learn why continued investment is critical to maintaining progress in global health.

From home visits to a short film, a family documents how PEPFAR enables treatment, work, and stability for women and children in Nairobi.

A new TB vaccine may save millions. Meet the South African doctor helping lead the charge.

After surviving drug-resistant TB, Zolelwa became a leading voice for awareness, advocacy, and hope.

Watch the Gates Foundation’s Goalkeepers event on Sept 22 in NYC—where global changemakers unite to discuss the roadmap to turn today’s deadliest childhood diseases into ancient history.

When you need to look at a problem in a new light, turn to these recommendations from an advocate for sustainable agriculture. See what sustains his passion for agricultural research and development in Africa.

When you need to look at a problem in a new light, turn to this surgeon health activist's recommendations that fuel his passion as an advocate for people in his community and around the world.

See what happens when a midwife, a TikTok star, Bill Gates, and Melinda French Gates get together in one room—joined by hundreds of other activists, artists, and leaders.

When you need to look at a problem in a new light, turn to this young political leader's recommendations.

When you need to look at a problem in a new light, turn to this South African scientist’s recommendations.