What We Do
Our Global Health Program harnesses advances in science and technology to save lives in poor countries. We focus on the health problems that have a major impact in developing countries but get too little attention and funding. Where proven tools exist, we support sustainable ways to improve their delivery. Where they don’t, we invest in research and development of new interventions, such as vaccines, drugs, and diagnostics.
How We Work
Most of our work is done through grants to partners in our priority areas of focus. Along the way, we seek extensive input from external experts and from our
Global Health advisory panel.
In China and India, we have established offices to help manage large programs there. Many of our health efforts are integrated with those in our Global Development program, which focuses on reducing poverty and hunger.
Priority Areas of Focus
Our work in infectious diseases focuses on developing ways to fight and prevent
enteric and diarrheal diseases,
HIV/AIDS,
malaria,
pneumonia,
tuberculosis, and
neglected and other infectious diseases.
We also work on integrated health solutions for family planning, nutrition, maternal, neonatal and child health, tobacco control and vaccine-preventable diseases.
Three cross-cutting programs help us successfully address our areas of focus. These include:
- Discovery – Closing gaps in knowledge and science and creating critical platform technologies in areas where current tools are lacking.
- Delivery – implementing and scaling up proven approaches by identifying and proactively addressing the obstacles that typically lie in the path of adoption and uptake
- Policy & Advocacy– Promoting more and better resources, effective policies, and greater visibility of global health so that we may effectively address the foundation’s priority health targets