Gates Foundation

Scientists work on COVID-19 tests in the Diatropix Lab at Institut Pasteur in Dakar, Senegal, on June 22, 2022.

Saving lives, fighting disease

In the past 25 years, the world has made historic progress against deadly diseases. For every problem we face, people prove every day that progress is possible.
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Announcing $2.5B to spark women's health innovations

From AI-assisted diagnostics to self-administered contraceptives, women’s health innovations can improve women's lives. Our $2.5B commitment supports tools designed with and for women.
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Gargee Ghosh, President, Global Policy & Advocacy, speaks with female workers during a visit to the 'Take Home Ration' (THR) Plant in Uttar Pradesh, India.

Can we reset development finance?

Development finance has helped drive remarkable progress—halving child mortality, moving more than a billion people out of extreme poverty, and more. But with shrinking aid budgets and soaring debt burdens, those hard-won gains are now at risk. This is our chance to reset.
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President of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Gender Equality Division, Dr. Anita Zaidi, has a focus group with Oraan, Pakistan’s first women-led women-first fintech startup, at the Oraan office in Karachi, Pakistan on September 8, 2022.
Our mission is to create a world where every person has the opportunity to live a healthy, productive life.
Our work
We work with partners around the world to tackle big challenges and improve people’s lives.
Our story
For over 25 years, the Gates Foundation has been committed to tackling the greatest inequities in our world.

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For the year ended December 31, 2024. Amount in U.S. dollars.
Portraits of Potential
Partners of Human Potential

How does the work of our partners come to life? How does that work create potential around the world? Watch, read, and experience the stories of good people doing great things that can lead to even greater things.

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Our role

For over 25 years, the 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.

Our story

Learn about the origins of the foundation and the values that drive our work.

Coming soon: Goalkeepers 2025

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A portrait of Dr. Marie-Angélique Sène inside the lab at the Institut Pasteur de Dakar in Dakar, Senegal.

How Marie-Angélique Sène is empowering Africa’s vaccine future

Meet the woman leading vaccine innovation in Senegal to fight Rift Valley fever and empower Africa’s next generation of scientists.
Thembalami Mazibuko and Amanda Caldwell

Two mothers, one preventable infection

Group B strep infection can have devastating consequences for both mothers and babies. Learn about the importance of testing and prevention in this article.