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Gates Foundation OUR EFFORTS STRIVE TOWARD ONE GOAL That every child, no matter where they are born, can reach their full potential. Our mission is to create a world where every person has the opportunity to live a healthy, productive life. Our work We work with partners around the world to tackle big challenges and improve people’s lives. Our story For over 25 years, the Gates Foundation has been committed to tackling the greatest inequities in our world. 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 Economic opportunity Infectious diseases Maternal and child health How classrooms in Senegal are opening doors through bilingual education A bilingual education program in Senegal is teaching children in both their home language and French. Watch how this program is opening doors for students across Senegal. Teaching kids in their national languages is transforming classrooms in Senegal Senegal’s bilingual education model is helping children learn to read earlier and thrive in school. When we invest in women, everyone gains When women have access to health, capital, and mentorship, families thrive and economies grow. Helping every child reach their full potential—no matter where they’re born Every child has potential. Learn how improving health, nutrition, and opportunity helps unlock it. The digital finance fix helping Nigeria’s market vendors grow their businesses See how a partnership between Lagos Business School and local innovators is using digital finance to empower small business owners in Nigeria. The cowpea farmer breaking norms in Nigeria Meet the Nigerian farmer reshaping her community through climate-resilient cowpeas and women-led agricultural leadership. The TB epidemic at a turning point As TB overtakes COVID as the deadliest global disease, this article explores the history of vaccines and how key lessons can inform new TB vaccine development led by scientific leaders in Africa. What can the world learn from Cabo Verde’s fight against malaria? Cabo Verde’s fight against malaria—powered by local leadership and Global Fund support—shows how partnership can eliminate disease worldwide. One man’s mission to protect Liberia’s children from polio—one vaccine at a time Learn how vaccines helped stop a polio outbreak and protected millions of children across Liberia thanks to health worker Evans Lablah and his team. The Global Fund works—these stories remind us why it’s essential The Global Fund has helped save an estimated 70 million lives since 2002. Learn why continued investment is critical to maintaining progress in global health. Why two American teens want you to know about PEPFAR From home visits to a short film, a family documents how PEPFAR enables treatment, work, and stability for women and children in Nairobi. Come to work with an obstetrician in Kano, Nigeria Join Dr. Hadiza Galadanci as she describes her experience as an OBGYN in Kano, Nigeria. Three takeaways from the 2025 Goalkeepers Report Three essential takeaways from the 2025 Goalkeepers Report on protecting children with smart investments and innovation. We can’t stop at almost: Goalkeepers 2025 Watch the Gates Foundation’s Goalkeepers event on Sept 22 in NYC—where global changemakers unite to discuss the roadmap to turn today’s deadliest childhood diseases into ancient history. The game-changing PPH protocol saving mothers’ lives in Kenya Kenya’s success with a new post-partum hemorrhage protocol could improve maternal health care across Africa and beyond. This simple tool is helping prevent maternal deaths worldwide Discover how Kenya’s E-MOTIVE protocol and a low-cost blood-loss drape reduces severe postpartum bleeding by 60%, saving thousands of mothers each year. How a computer scientist is using AI to save mothers’ lives in Pakistan Dr. Maryam Mustafa is building an AI tool to close dangerous gaps in maternal care and help more women in Pakistan survive pregnancy and childbirth. Subscribe to The Optimist to get weekly updates on the latest in global health, gender equality, education, and more. VIDEOS 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. How auto-disable syringes and other innovations ensure wider vaccine access Public health physician Dr. Marcy Ahun discusses vaccine delivery innovations, like the auto-disable syringe, that have prevented needle reuse and saved lives in the process. 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. How we work We are focused on results. Those that can be measured. And those measured in ways beyond numbers. HELPING EVERY CHILD REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL—NO MATTER WHERE THEY’RE BORN For the next 20 years, our work is built on three pillars. Here's why. In 2023, nearly 5 million children died before their 5th birthday—most of them from causes like malnutrition and preventable diseases. Kids in the poorest parts of the world are 80 times more likely to die before age 5 than those in the wealthiest countries. At the Gates Foundation, we believe that every child, no matter where they are from, deserves the chance to thrive and live out their dreams. That’s why we work with partners to improve the health and well-being of children all over the world. We start by helping mothers. Every year, about 260,000 women—more than 90% of them in low- and middle-income countries—die from pregnancy- or childbirth-related complications. To help protect mothers, we support the development of new health care tools. For example, two-thirds of the world’s people lack access to diagnostic imaging, including ultrasounds. We work with partners to get portable ultrasound devices powered by artificial intelligence that pair with mobile phones into remote areas so midwives and nurses can help mothers have healthier pregnancies. Even relatively simple interventions can be lifesaving for mothers. Take the postpartum hemorrhage drape, a V-shaped plastic bag placed under a mother during childbirth that measures blood loss after delivery. The drape allows busy health care workers to immediately recognize when a mother’s life is in danger from postpartum bleeding—the leading cause of maternal mortality worldwide—and quickly intervene. A study of women in 80 hospitals in four African countries found that those using the drape along with a combination of other evidence-based lifesaving practices saw a 60% reduction in severe maternal bleeding. Birth is just the start of a baby’s journey. For children to grow up healthy and strong, they need access to nutritious foods. Everything from their immune system to their ability to learn and even their future earning potential is affected by the nutrition they receive before their 2nd birthday. When a child dies, half the time the underlying cause is malnutrition…. I believe we can start a second global health boom by getting children the nutrients they need to thrive. - Bill Gates We help fight infectious diseases. Large-scale food fortification is an older technology, but we’re supporting new ways of using it to increase intake of micronutrients, like vitamin A and folate, that have an outsized impact on kids’ health. Good nutrition is also essential for helping kids fend off infections and diseases. For too long, too many children around the world have died from diseases that are preventable and treatable in wealthier countries. But that is changing. The greatest impact has come from expanded access to lifesaving vaccines, one of the most important scientific innovations in history. According to a study in The Lancet, vaccines have saved the lives of 146 million kids under age 5 since 1974 and are “the single greatest contribution to improved infant survival over the past 50 years.” In 2000, we helped launch Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, which makes vaccines more available and affordable around the world. Since then, Gavi has reached 1.2 billion kids with routine immunizations. We continue to support Gavi as one of their largest funders. Today, a child born in a Gavi-supported country is 70% less likely to die from a vaccine-preventable disease before age 5 than when Gavi was established in 2000. We support scientists around the world in developing groundbreaking new vaccines against deadly diseases. Recent breakthroughs include a potential new vaccine against tuberculosis and maternal vaccines that start protecting kids even before they are born. The impact of vaccines—a single dose can protect a child from a deadly disease forever—is like a miracle to me, and who gets tired of talking about miracles? - Bill Gates We help expand economic opportunity. With better health, nutrition, and vaccines, millions more kids will survive beyond age 5. But that’s just the beginning. We also want them to be able to lift themselves out of poverty, follow their passions, and grow into adults who improve their communities. Because when more people can learn, earn, save, and invest, families, communities, and entire regions can grow stronger. In 1990, nearly 40% of the world lived in extreme poverty. Today, that number has fallen to about 10%. Since 2000, the number of low-income countries has dropped by more than 50%, from nearly 60 to fewer than 30. One way we work to expand economic opportunity—while also improving nutrition—is by supporting smallholder farmers. Smallholder farms provide livelihoods for 2.