The Voices for Economic Opportunity Grand Challenges has awarded 28 grants to organizations in order to help tell the stories of people facing poverty and marginalization in the U.S.
SEATTLE, June 4, 2020 – The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced a five-year, US$1.6 billion commitment to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, to deliver lifesaving vaccines to the world’s…
Gavi’s expertise in delivering life-saving vaccines has saved millions of lives globally, and will continue to do so, with the help of world leaders pledging to fund Gavi for the…
Dr. Caira Woods, a senior program officer at the Gates Foundation, shares how the foundation is building the capacity of nonprofits during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Andrew Trister, deputy director of Digital Health and Innovation at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, shares how programmers and technologists are developing tools that track and test for COVID-19.
Victoria Vrana, a deputy director on the Philanthropic Partnerships team, shares about the launch of PowerOf, a new online platform that connects people eager to make a difference with organizations…
SEATTLE, May 4, 2020 – Earlier today at the Coronavirus Global Response Summit, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a commitment of $125 million towards the international collective effort…
Trevor Mundel provides an update on the COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator’s progress in research, manufacturing, and testing. Mundel leads the foundation’s efforts to develop high-impact interventions against the leading causes of…
Developing and manufacturing a vaccine against COVID-19 is only part of the solution. Coordination, political will, and the infrastructure to support equitable vaccine is distribution will be essential to the…
