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We are a nonprofit fighting poverty, disease, and inequity around the world.

For over 20 years, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has been committed to tackling the greatest inequities in our world.
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Since January 2020, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has committed more than US$2 billion to the global COVID-19 response.
Our funding commitments to fight COVID-19 surpassed US $2 billion in January 2022.
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Since January 2020, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has committed more than US$2 billion to the global COVID-19 response.

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Deworm3 field workers travel on foot to collect soil and stool samples, and distribute deworming medication to villagers as a part of Dr. Ajjampur’s study in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India on November 29, 2022.

“Uninformative research” is the global health crisis you’ve never heard of

Clinical trials are essential for making progress in global health, but many fail to yield results. A foundation program is working to change the status quo.
Parents at a kindergarten school learn how to access information about contraception on their smartphones using an app, Skata, during a session on family planning in Makassar, Indonesia.

Better contraceptives are coming

By Kirsten Vogelsong Senior Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
A 7-month-old suffering from pneumonia is taken care of by his mother in the pediatric ward at King George's Medical University, Lucknow, India, September 19, 2018.

Explainer: Four things to know about RSV

By Keith Klugman Director, Pneumonia, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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For the year ended December 31, 2021. Amount in U.S. dollars.