Gates Foundation

Remembering a champion in the fight against NTDs

Remembering a champion in the fight against NTDs

President Jimmy Carter onstage at the 2017 Gates Foundation Annual Employee Meeting in Seattle, Washington.
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.

Ideas

Read the latest stories, research, and news from across the foundation.
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.
Dr. Yaw Bediako, co-founder and CEO of Yemaachi Biotech, poses for a photo at the Yemaachi Biotech lab in Accra, Ghana, on May 7, 2024.

The Ghanaian researcher who came home

Videos

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A foundation expert takes you to the Future of Health with six innovations to watch for in 2025.
Why smallholder farmers are investing in a new kind of tilapia

Why smallholder farmers are investing in a new kind of tilapia

While smallholder farmers are facing an increasingly difficult climate, it’s crucial to have climate-resilient resources to improve nutrition and incomes. Learn how an improved tilapia is one example of climate-friendly food that can reduce malnutrition.
Puneet Dewan, Senior Program Officer, TB Delivery, reveals some of the most exciting innovations in the R&D pipeline that could transform life for people affected by this deadly disease.

WATCH: The only tuberculosis vaccine is a century old. New innovations are around the corner. 

An expert reveals some of the most exciting innovations in the R&D pipeline that could transform life for people affected by this deadly disease.

Foundation facts

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Our role

For 25 years, the Gates Foundation has been committed to fighting the greatest inequities in the world.

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