A better world by 2030 is within our reach — if we work together.

Read the 2022 Goalkeepers Report

A better world by 2030 is within our reach — if we work together.

Read the 2022 Goalkeepers Report
One planet, 17 Global Goals for sustainable development to achieve a better world. Started by the Gates Foundation in 2015, Goalkeepers is a catalyst for action toward these goals.
One planet, 17 Global Goals for sustainable development to achieve a better world. Started by the Gates Foundation in 2015, Goalkeepers is a catalyst for action toward these goals. © Gates Archive/Alissa Everett
For over 20 years, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has been committed to tackling the greatest inequities in our world.
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We can’t achieve our goals on our own. We work together with businesses, government, and nonprofits, and each partner plays a specific role in accelerating progress.
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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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A community health worker monitors a boy’s nutritional intake with the help of his mother in Rumyongza, Rwanda. The initiative, supported by the Global Fund through the Rwandan Ministry of Health, aims to monitor and bring awareness about malnutrition, malaria, TB, and HIV/AIDS in communities across the country.

The Global Fund: One of the kindest—and most effective—things people have ever done for one another

Bill Gates shares why the Gates Foundation is committing $912 million to help replenish the Global Fund and fight AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.
By Bill Gates Co-chair, Board Member, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
LaTina Denson stands outside her home in Michigan.

A 1,000-question form stood between people and their safety net benefits. These advocates designed a better approach.

By Melinda French Gates Co-chair, Board Member, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Gracious Lekgoathi, HER Voice Global Fund ambassador, speaks with University of Johannesburg students in Johannesburg, South Africa.

How the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has helped save 44 million lives

By Linda Mafu Head of Political, Civil Society Advocacy, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

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