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A mother of two, balancing paid and unpaid work, plays with her children at their home in New Delhi, India.

An extraordinary response at an extraordinary moment

We know how to make smart investments in equitable economic recovery. If the IMF and the international community fail to act now, decades of development progress will be lost.

By Gargee Ghosh President, Global Policy & Advocacy, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Gates Foundation announces 2021 Goalkeepers Award winners

The Goalkeepers Global Goals Awards are an annual recognition of remarkable individuals taking action to help achieve the Global Goals by 2030.

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A miner receives a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at Anglo American Platinum Ltd.'s Tumela mine in Amandelbult, South Africa. South African companies are playing a crucial role in helping the government counter the ravages of the pandemic among remote communities.

Global action to end the COVID-19 crisis

By Gargee Ghosh President, Global Policy & Advocacy, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Students in pre-calculus class at Granby High School, Norfolk, Virginia

How these Grand Challenge winners are helping to make every student a “math person”

By Bob Hughes Director, K-12 Education, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Wendy Wei (right, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) discusses China's "1-3-7" approach with scientists and public health experts, in an effort to apply the approach in Tanzania.

China's successful elimination of malaria, and its global impact

By Wendy Wei Senior Program Officer, Malaria

Detail view of the "campus heart" courtyard on the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Seattle campus in Seattle

Work in progress: An update on our DEI journey

By Mark Suzman Chief Executive Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

The waterless, solar-powered Eco-San Toilet, designed at Caltech, is pilot tested at an elementary school in Jiangsu Province, China.

The future of sanitation: 10 years of reinventing the toilet

By Doulaye Kone Deputy Director, Water, Sanitation, & Hygiene, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

A laboratory at Afrigen Biologics & Vaccines in Cape Town, South Africa, which is partnering with the World Health Organization and the Biovac Institute to establish an mRNA technology transfer hub in Cape Town.

Geographically distributed manufacturing capacity is needed for improved global health security

By Anita Zaidi President, Gender Equality and Director, Vaccine Development and Surveillance, and Director, EDD, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

A drive-through coronavirus testing facility in Pretoria, South Africa.

As COVID-19 cases surge, African institutions lead response efforts

By Cheikh Oumar Seydi Director, Africa, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

COVID-19 Vaccine Dose being administered

COVID-19 vaccine dose sharing remains urgent: How do we turn pledges into doses right away?

By Emily Nickels and Nicolas Theopold Program Officer, Global Delivery Programs, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Graphic reading: "As men are returning to work, women are left behind. The gender gap is widening."

Despite recovery efforts, women’s unemployment continues to grow

By Diva Dhar and Rafael Diez de Medina Senior Program Officer, Gender Data, Measurement and Evaluation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Leadership and continuity in a time of change: A Q&A with Mark Suzman

By Mark Suzman Chief Executive Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Headquarters – Seattle Campus with reflection of Space Needle

Moving forward

By Mark Suzman Chief Executive Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

With the economic recovery failing women, now is the time to act on gender equality

By Melinda French Gates Co-chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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