Meet the woman leading vaccine innovation in Senegal to fight Rift Valley fever and empower Africa’s next generation of ...

Since making our first grants in South Africa in 1999, we have been committed to addressing issues such as the country’s high rates of HIV and tuberculosis (TB), social inequality, and inadequate ...

BANGKOK -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced 104 grants to explore bold and largely unproven ways to improve global health. The grants of US$100,000 each will be made to scientists ...

We are data people, and this is a data report. Sort of. In 2015, leaders from 193 countries agreed to the Sustainable Development Goals—the SDGs. These were big, bold objectives we wanted to achieve ...

When a mother dies during childbirth, the future dies with her. The world doesn’t just lose everything she is and will be. We also—all too often—lose her child. The chance of a baby reaching their ...

The Big Easy is brimming with talent, and untapped potential. YouthForce NOLA is helping students turn real-life work experience into real-world success.

The foundation’s Family Planning team works to ensure that women and girls can access the contraceptives and family planning services they want and thus exercise their right to decide whether to have ...

WASHINGTON -- A new study of national college graduation data by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) reveals that far too many four-year colleges and universities graduate less than half of their ...

The Guardian today has launched a new website in partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help focus the world's attention on global development. The site will provide a new space for ...

When historians write about the first quarter of the 21st century, I think they may sum it up this way: Twenty years of unprecedented progress followed by five years of stagnation. This is true for ...

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FAIRFAX, Va. -- The Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS) program announced its newest class of scholarship recipients. With these awards, 1,000 highly motivated low-income minority students from 48 states ...