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"17.08.2017 18:02:19"  Mosquito Wars  We have partners on the front lines finding ways to fight back drug resistance in the malaria parasite. 

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"11.08.2017 21:34:05"  Sanitation: New Age Technology Solutions  How would you build a better sanitation system from the ground up? Decentralized solutions that don't rely on sewer systems offer unique benefits in some areas.
"08.08.2017 17:48:55"  People's Daily, China Melinda Gates, Co-Chair and Trustee of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the world's No.1 private charity fund, talked about her and Bill Gates' profound connections to China and its remarkable changes and developments, exclusively with People's Daily Melinda Gates on China's remarkable changes and developments.
"04.08.2017 12:24:34"  DFID - UK Department for International Development Meet David & Sue - two British polio survivors campaigning to #endPolio. They contracted polio as babies in 1949 and have been married for 44 years. Such an inspiring couple...
"04.08.2017 10:30:43"    In 1998, 40 children per hour worldwide were being infected by polio. By 2016, that number was down to 40 children per year.  

That's amazing progress towards a polio-free world. #EndPolio
"04.08.2017 07:46:40"  DFID - UK Department for International Development New UK support announced today will help immunise up to 45 million children against polio each year until 2020 – that's 80 children a minute! Find out more: http://ht.ly/6qbA30e8RCV 
We can #endpolio for good! #UKaid Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Rotary The UK will fund the immunisation of 45 million children a year until 2020 paving the way for a polio-free world 

As a direct result of the UK's support to global efforts, which began in 1988, more than 16 million people are walking today who would have
"03.08.2017 19:44:10" digital.thechicagocouncil.org The First 1,000 Days | Uganda Uganda was hailed as the Pearl of Africa by European explorers. Now, more than half of all women of childbearing age are anemic and about 35% of the children are stunted from malnourishment. Esther is at the vanguard of a new generation of moms in Uganda. #WBW2017
"02.08.2017 01:44:00"  Sue Desmond-Hellmann Breastfeeding can lower a baby's risk of respiratory infections, severe diarrhea & sudden infant death by more than one-third. #WBW2017 Breastmilk is a baby's first vaccine!
"01.08.2017 20:30:00" npr.org Secrets Of Breast-Feeding From Global Moms In The Know Many American women want to breast-feed — and try to. Only about half keep it up. It's like they've lost the instinct. One researcher thinks she's figured out why and how to get the instinct back. A global perspective from some of the best breast-feeders in the world. #WBW2017
"01.08.2017 18:53:39"  Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's cover photo  "From nutrition to immunization, breastfeeding is the gold standard for improving a child's health and development." - Sue Desmond-Hellmann
"26.07.2017 16:57:52" pri.org In London, advocates tout the importance of access to contraceptives As the global population climbs, family planning advocates make a plea to step up efforts to give women and adolescent girls access to contraception. We've pledged $375 million over the next 3 years to increase access to contraception for adolescent girls worldwide.
"25.07.2017 16:34:45"  Future Planning  How contraceptives led two sisters, just one year apart, to live very different lives.
"24.07.2017 20:29:07"  Global Emergency Response Coalition Right now more than 20 million people are at risk of starvation. With your help, we can #FightFamine around the globe. No gift is too small and every donation counts. http://bit.ly/2tddTOK
"20.07.2017 16:23:03"  How 3D Can Build Better Vaccines  How do you look for weak spots on viruses to target a vaccine or a drug? National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers are using VR and this state-of-the-art approach could lead to a universal (instead of seasonal) flu vaccine, and hopefully one day to
"12.07.2017 15:45:27"    "If we lose our girls to teenage pregnancy, who will be the leaders of tomorrow?" 

Ann Mitu didn't finish her education because she got pregnant as a teenager. Today, she's dedicated her life to helping others in her community learn about and access
"11.07.2017 18:00:00"    "We're out of stock." 
"You're too young."
"Come back with your husband."
 
Today in London, a clinic was refusing contraception for some of the shocking and infuriating reasons that 214 million women and girls around the world hear every day. It's time
"11.07.2017 07:50:33" youtube.com Family Planning Summit 2017 On July 11, policymakers, donors, and advocates from around the world will gather at the Family Planning Summit in London, UK, to discuss efforts to reach ou... The Family Planning Summit is today! 

Follow the event live now here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHlUFROblHw&feature=youtu.be
"10.07.2017 14:38:50"  Melinda Gates When I met Peninah in Kenya last summer, she told me she became a mom after an unplanned pregnancy. She also told me that when a community volunteer taught her about family planning, it changed her life—and turned her into an advocate. 

Today, she's Family planning is future planning. #HerFuture
"10.07.2017 11:34:33"  UNFPA "I want my children to have a good life." See what else Rowena told us about #HerFuture: bit.ly/2tUNk43 

At the 2017 Family Planning Summit (11 July), we're calling on world leaders to recommit to expanding access to #familyplanning for millions of women
"09.07.2017 10:03:39"    Imagine if it was this hard to get the contraceptive you want. For 214 million women and girls worldwide this is reality. #HerFuture
"07.07.2017 20:21:25" politi.co PLAYBOOK INTERVIEW: Sue Desmond-Hellmann Cuts could stymie the progress of the world's largest philanthropic organizations to eradicate diseases like polio and promote family planning for women. Our CEO Sue Desmond-Hellmann on the extraordinary progress America has led in global health, global development, and why we must continue that progress.
"07.07.2017 11:40:55"    There are 214 million women around the world who don't want to get pregnant but face empty shelves, poor advice, misconceptions and judgement when it comes to contraception.

Share and show your support for empowering every woman everywhere with the
"07.07.2017 10:55:40"  UNFPA We are in Sierra Leone this week to meet women and girls who rely on us for access to family planning.

At next week's Family Planning Summit in London, we're joining DFID - UK Department for International Development and the Bill & Melinda Gates Now is the time! Investing in #familyplanning ensures the poorest countries can grow healthier, safer & more resilient
#HerFuture
"06.07.2017 22:53:54" medium.com Helping the Next Generation Plan Their Futures The reason these young people focus on family planning is simple. They have big plans for their future — and ours. The largest generation of young people in history are entering their reproductive years and the world is on the cusp of a demographic tipping point. Melinda Gates on what it could mean.
"05.07.2017 18:40:31"  UNICEF Fathyah, an everyday hero, is going house to house to stop the spread of cholera in Yemen. Volunteers like Fathyah have stepped up and stepped in to fight the spread of cholera in their community.
"03.07.2017 21:56:33" newsdeeply.com The Warrior Women Fighting to Save Endangered Lions in Kenya Many Samburu women had come to fear lions, but now they're taking up the conservation cause – and demanding the same training and opportunities as men. “Girls are learning they have a voice in the community as human beings."
"30.06.2017 09:20:55"  DFID - UK Department for International Development How far do you travel for contraception? #HerFuture
"28.06.2017 20:50:37" postsecondary.gatesfoundation.org Episode 6: Voices from ASU: Getting to Graduation Guests include Michael Sorrell, president of Paul Quinn College; Susana Rivera-Mills; vice provost and dean at Oregon State University; Joel Hartman, vice president and CIO at the University of Central Florida; and Eric Frank, CEO of Acrobatiq. Listen to a special edition of our postsecondary podcast, To A Degree, from the ASU GSV Summit.
"27.06.2017 17:48:26" people.com Melinda Gates: Contraceptives Are 'One of the Greatest Antipoverty Innovations' in the World “Our foundation is a data-driven organization, but these women remind me that there are stories behind every statistic—and I've carried a lot of these stories home in my heart.” “Empowered women and girls transform societies—and when women have the tools to plan and space their pregnancies, the benefits keep multiplying." — Melinda Gates
"26.06.2017 17:04:03"  Sue Desmond-Hellmann Science is precious. I want great science to be honored and valued as the ultimate way to improve the human condition. As scientists, we owe it to ourselves—and the people who are out there counting on us—to fight for the truth. Scientific breakthroughs help to make the world safer, healthier and more equal. Life is better because of science!
"26.06.2017 03:02:13"  Bill Gates We asked talented storytellers to come up with an answer to the question “how do we tackle global poverty?”

I hope you'll be as inspired as I am by their responses: https://www.crowdrise.com/tacklepoverty Check out these inspiring stories about tackling global poverty. And don't miss your chance to double your donation to UNICEF, Oxfam, Heifer International, She's the First, or The Global FoodBanking Network. https://crowdrise.org/tacklepoverty
"23.06.2017 17:56:03" politifact.com Malaria and mosquitoes: A tough tag team to beat Malaria infects about 200 million people and despite enormous efforts and impressive gains, it still kills about 400,000 people each year. Malaria and mosquitoes are a mutation machine. We're trying to stay one step ahead and new solutions are key to doing that.
"22.06.2017 21:22:32" mosaicscience.com Reinventing the toilet How one company's vision for the humble loo is transforming lives, from Madagascar to UK music festivals. Madagascar is home to the start of a lavatorial revolution that's waterless, off-grid and able to charge your phone.
"19.06.2017 14:01:36" Goalkeepers Goalkeepers At the foundation, we are guided by the belief that everyone deserves a chance to lead a healthy and productive life, and we're encouraged by the incredible progress toward achieving that goal. In their annual letter this year, Bill and Melinda shared a At the foundation, we are guided by the belief that everyone deserves a chance to lead a healthy and productive life, and we're encouraged by the incredible progress toward achieving that goal. In their annual letter this year, Bill and Melinda shared a
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"15.06.2017 16:31:10"  Red Nose Day USA This is it, America! You have one day left to double your dollars for kids in need. Do it to it (before it's too late). https://www.facebook.com/RedNoseDayUSA/

All money raised on Facebook for Red Nose Day will be matched by Bill & Melinda Gates Only a little time left to double your impact when you donate to Red Nose Day USA on Facebook! 

Did you know that Red Nose Day works with Rotary International to make sure kids around the world have access to polio vaccines? Head over to their Facebook
"13.06.2017 21:00:00"  Thank You, Rotary!  For more than 30 years, Rotary International has been a leader in the fight to #endpolio. Today, we're closer than ever to wiping polio off the map.
"13.06.2017 17:00:00" today.com John Cena goes one-on-one with Bill Gates about anti-polio campaign Wrestling icon and actor John Cena has joined forces with Microsoft mogul Bill Gates and his wife Melinda Gates for a good cause: Rotary, the global network working to end polio. In Atlanta, Gates explains to Cena why he considers it a priority to Bill Gates and John Cena sat down to talk ending polio for good. Check out their conversation on the Today Show.
"10.06.2017 18:43:02"  Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Zero is the magic number for polio. ZERO is still the magic number for polio and we're excited to be in Atlanta with so many Rotarians, like Ann Lee Hussey, dedicated to get us there.
"10.06.2017 17:51:35"  Rotary International Watch Bill Gates live from the Rotary Convention to hear his inspiring speech on his foundation's commitment to ending polio, and celebrating ten years of partnership with Rotary to create a polio-free world.
"06.06.2017 22:58:22"  10 Years Fighting Polio with Rotary  We've worked with Rotary International to end polio for 10 years! Help us celebrate a decade eradicating this disease together.
"05.06.2017 23:36:03"  Melinda Gates I woke up this morning to the sad news that Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin had passed away—a devastating and unexpected loss. He was a partner who taught me so much about what it means to be an advocate for women and girls. When he talked about his
"05.06.2017 20:08:47" bbc.com Global diarrhea deaths down by a third Half a million children still die each year, with India and Nigeria among the most affected. Better access to vaccines and clean water is helping keep more kids than ever safe from deadly diarrhea.
"02.06.2017 20:23:53"  Fighting Cholera
"01.06.2017 22:02:41" businessinsider.com The waterless toilet of the future — here's how it works The revolutionary Nano Membrane waterless toilet, backed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, can serve up to 10 people for just five cents a day. Designs like this waterless toilet are the kind of sustainable sanitation innovations developing countries need.
"29.05.2017 11:00:00" newsdeeply.com Kenyan Women Farmers Find Food Security by Growing for a Brewery A self-help group of women farmers is defying the effects of climate change and making a steady income by growing drought-resistant sorghum on contract for a national brewery. With farmers devoting more land to sorghum, which is drought resistant, and getting a more regular, guaranteed income, Kenya as a whole is benefiting from increases in food security and household income.
"26.05.2017 02:00:46"    We're going live for #RedNoseDay! Click on the donate button below to help kids around the world lead healthy and productive lives. We're matching all donations up to $1 million.
"25.05.2017 14:25:07"  Bill Gates This year, our foundation will match up to $1 million in donations for #RedNoseDay to help ensure kids are safe, healthy, educated, and empowered.

Participate with your friends by setting up your own Facebook fundraiser for Red Nose Day USA or donate Happy #RedNoseDay ! It's not too late to join the fun and make a difference for kids around the world. We're matching all donations to Red Nose Day USA up to $1 million.
"24.05.2017 04:17:09"  Melinda Gates The President's proposal to eliminate funding for international family planning programs would come at a tremendous cost to families around the world. The zeroing out of these programs would be a deeply disturbing setback, and will undoubtedly hurt “Contraceptives help families live healthier, better lives.” They can help transform economies and expand the opportunities of women and families worldwide. We should continue to support access to and information about contraceptives.
"23.05.2017 20:35:45"  Sue Desmond-Hellmann The President's budget takes square aim at progress by potentially reversing remarkable achievements in health and poverty reduction. Severe spending cuts in education and foreign aid threaten the prosperity and security of Americans and people around the American investments in education and foreign aid help make the U.S.—and the world—more secure, stable, and equitable. We should remain committed to these programs that reflect the best of American values.
More in this statement from our CEO, Sue
"22.05.2017 19:06:22"  Red Nose Day USA The Red Nose News National News Network is live and on-air with host Ben Stiller. Remember, every dollar you raise on Facebook for #RedNoseDay through 6/15 will be matched by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation up to $1 million. Noses On, Red Nose Have you donated to #RedNoseDay yet? Ben Stiller has some great ideas to get you started. Or just click the donate button on this post and we will match your donation!
"20.05.2017 11:48:50" gatesnotes.com Dear Class of 2017… Congratulations! You've just accomplished something I never managed to do—earn a college degree. Our co-chair Bill Gates shares his commencement message to this year's graduates.
"17.05.2017 13:40:39"  This is How You Change the World: The Story of a Midwife Named...  Counseling helped women dispel contraceptive myths in rural Indonesia and a community grew from their curiosity.
"17.05.2017 04:00:50"  Red Nose Day 2017  Get ready to put your #NosesOn. We're matching every dollar donated on the Red Nose Day USA page, up to $1 Million!
"15.05.2017 17:38:33"  Bill Gates This year, our foundation will match up to $1 million in donations for Red Nose Day to help ensure kids are safe, healthy, educated, and empowered.

Participate with your friends by setting up your own Facebook fundraiser for Red Nose Day USA or donate Big news! We're matching all donations made to Red Nose Day USA on Facebook up to $1 Million.
"14.05.2017 23:58:46"  Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's cover photo  Balance, perseverance, and schools that support them is how today's college students get ahead. 

©Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation/Mark Makela
"14.05.2017 23:48:08"  Today's College Students  Today's college students are hustling. And amazing. And graduating. We're celebrating them!
"13.05.2017 17:00:00" surveymonkey.com Foundation Followers Survey Your feedback matters! Facebook followers! Share your opinions with us.
"11.05.2017 18:20:24" huffingtonpost.com Celebrating Today's College Graduates – and the Solutions That Help Get Them To Graduation As the day-to-day experiences of college students have changed, the challenges that reduce their chances of making it to graduation have changed, too. "As we continue the work to transform higher ed so that it works for all students, it's up to us to work as hard and as creatively as this year's graduates."
"10.05.2017 20:50:27"  Timeline Photos  Some advice for new graduates from our CEO, Sue Desmond-Hellmann.
"10.05.2017 17:36:46"  Sue Desmond-Hellmann From building drones to delivering babies, Sinclair Community College students are fueling the future of Dayton, Ohio. Schools like Sinclair Community College are helping adult learners juggle work and family by building flexible academic programs that fit their lifestyle.
"09.05.2017 17:48:35"  Oseghale's Path to Graduation  Oseghale's pursuit of medicine took him from Compton to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. "Finding that balance" was a major key on his path to a degree.
"08.05.2017 23:55:00" postsecondary.gatesfoundation.org The Power and Peril of Myth for Today's College Students While graduation season is filled with inspiring stories of persistence, sacrifice, and accomplishment, it also gives rise to some lingering myths. "It is time to stop arguing over whether everyone needs college and instead focus on the kind of college that different people need."
"08.05.2017 20:31:15"  Today's College Students - In Our Words  Students from all over the country shared the challenges they face to finish their schooling and what keeps them motivated to get their degree.
"08.05.2017 18:22:00" medium.com Sue Desmond-Hellmann: The Path to a Meaningful Life No meaningful life is lived as an unbroken string of successes. In today's America, the path to a meaningful life runs right through community colleges like Sinclair Community College.
"07.05.2017 22:00:19"  Sinclair Community College Sinclair Graduation 2017 Watch our CEO Sue Desmond-Hellmann deliver the commencement address for Sinclair Community College's class of 2017!
"05.05.2017 19:42:24" weforum.org Africa can lead the world in inclusive growth. Here's why Africa will play a key role in meeting the world's biggest challenges, whether it's reviving an ageing global population with its young people or widening access to clean water. Leaders from across Africa and around the world know investing in gender equality isn't distinct from agriculture, or digital access, or water and sanitation – it's foundational.
"02.05.2017 20:13:15" ft.com A guide to neglected tropical diseases The World Health Organisation has selected 18 as good candidates to be controlled Together, these diseases affect more than a billion of the world's poorest people AND cost developing economies billions of dollars a year.
"01.05.2017 20:33:41" postsecondary.gatesfoundation.org 'To A Degree' Episode 2: Leading Innovation Casey Green speaks with author Jeff Selingo, Michigan State University president Lou Anna Simon, Sinclair Community College president Steve Johnson, and Rick Legon, the president of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges. The latest episode of our #HigherEd podcast talks with leaders who are expanding opportunity.
"01.05.2017 18:24:38" ft.com Waste not: how cities can improve sanitation Rather than expending precious resources, toilets can produce them. Turning waste into useful goods will be a necessity one day. We're directing innovation towards new approaches that don't rely on sewers.
"28.04.2017 16:43:43"    Vaccines work!
"27.04.2017 22:06:51" cnn.com Melinda Gates: The best investment America can make It would be a huge mistake for the Trump administration to cut US humanitarian aid, which heads off epidemics, has outsize effect on stemming poverty and extremism -- for less than1% of the federal budget. U.S. investment in strengthening health systems abroad also makes deadly epidemics less likely to land on our shores.
"27.04.2017 21:56:07"  Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's cover photo  It is World Immunization Week and Pavan is one of many to be vaccinated against measles and rubella in Kolar, India this year. ©Gates Archive/Ryan Lobo
"26.04.2017 20:42:34" gatesnotes.com India Is Winning Its War on Human Waste Bill Gates shares how by fighting poor sanitation, India is saving lives, keeping girls in school, and boosting the economy. Improving Sanitation will: 
- Save hundreds of thousands of lives
- Help girls stay in school
- Boost India's economy
"25.04.2017 18:08:58"  Talking Toilets  Business as usual meant poor sanitation would kill more than half a million Indians every year. So they took action. On his most recent visit to India, Bill Gates explored some new tools.
"24.04.2017 18:41:36"  For Her Health, I Make Sure She's Vaccinated  Watch the lengths this mother went to give her daughter the gift of immunization and a healthy start to life. 

Share to spread the word that #vaccineswork
"21.04.2017 21:56:18"  Godfrey's Journey: Treating NTDs in Malawi  Take a 360° look at what it takes for Godfrey to deliver NTD medication to 8 villages, across miles of rough terrain in Malawi.
"21.04.2017 15:11:14"  NTD Scale of Problem  NTDs are some of the oldest and most painful diseases in history. Yet, the progress made over the last five years is one of the most heroic efforts ever orchestrated in the service of the world's most neglected people.
"20.04.2017 18:25:32" time.com Melinda Gates: The World's 100 Most Influential People A fierce advocate for women around the world. TIME honored our co-chair Melinda Gates for her commitment to empower women and girls, built on her fundamental belief in human dignity.
"19.04.2017 21:21:41"  Guinness World Records: Most Medication Donated in 24 Hours  In January, our partners were part of an international medication donation for the record books. Literally. More than 207 MILLION doses donated in 24 hours!
"18.04.2017 21:42:46"  Can You Pronounce These Diseases?  You'd feel less bad about not being able to pronounce these NTDs if they no longer existed, right? Let's work to see the end of them.
"17.04.2017 23:26:02"  NTD Drug Donations  It's a commitment really without comparison in global health. 10 pharmaceutical companies donated 1.5 billion NTD treatments in 2016 alone. Since 2012, more than 300 million people are no longer in need of preventive medicines thanks to these NTD drug
"13.04.2017 19:23:35" geneticliteracyproject.org How 'human bees', biotechnologists and Gates Foundation are rescuing the African cassava staple Neither conventional breeding nor genetic engineering alone can solve the viruses threatening Africa's key crop. Add some Gates' funding and a human pollinator and the continent's food security picture looks brighter. Scientists are using the most advanced hybridization techniques for the benefit of cassava farmers and those who depend on the crop.
"11.04.2017 18:56:02"  Small Innovations - Big Impact  Play a game of virtual hide and seek with Bill Gates to see the big impact that small innovations are making in our world.
"11.04.2017 16:56:05" npr.org The Big Dreams Of A First-Time Farmer Faith is an HIV counselor in Kenya but her salary is low. So this spring, she's planting kale and other veggies in the hope of a cash crop. And learning some life lessons along the way. To supplement her income as a counselor for patients with HIV, this Kenyan woman learned the a-to-z of growing crops and how to deal with drought.
"07.04.2017 14:34:13"  New Vaccine Platforms  RNA vaccines can be developed in weeks or months, instead of years. That time saved gives us more time to outsmart future epidemics.
"03.04.2017 17:16:00" soundcloud.com Episode 1: Innovation, Equity, and Excellence Dan Greenstein discusses how the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's postsecondary initiatives have changed, lessons learned, and the challenges of scaling up. Check out the first episode of our Higher Education podcast, To A Degree.
"02.04.2017 14:19:25"  Melinda Gates Last week, I met a high school student in Indonesia who said she plans to use contraceptives because of something her parents have always told her: “This is a developing country. It's your job to develop it.” 

I was in Indonesia learning about the ways Foreign aid investments and access to contraceptives have paid dividends in Indonesia. It's a story both of what's possible and what's at stake.
"29.03.2017 22:25:18"  Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Innovation is not easy and it doesn't happen by accident. Again and again, our ingenuity has proven to be our best defense. An uncertain world demands more investment in research, not less. Well-funded research can create jobs, strengthen economies, improve health, and alleviate poverty.
"27.03.2017 17:42:02"  People's Daily, China In his exclusive interview with People's Daily, Bill Gates reflected on his impression of China's development and called on more business to business, and people to people exchange between China and the United States.  (Zhang Niansheng/People's Our co-chair Bill Gates sat down with People's Daily, China to talk about our work in China and the country's role in global health and development.
"25.03.2017 18:07:15" timeshighereducation.com Gates Foundation joins shift towards open access platforms One of the world's biggest funders of scientific research is to establish an open access platform that will allow its grant winners to publish their findings. The Gates Open Research initiative will allow researchers funded by us to publish their work on a free-to-access site, beginning this autumn.
"24.03.2017 16:28:22"  Timeline Photos  Follow our CEO, Sue Desmond-Hellmann on Instagram! ➡️ https://www.instagram.com/sue_desmondhellmann/
"22.03.2017 12:52:04" one.org Faith in fighting malaria Dr. Faith Osier dreamed of curing the world of deadly diseases, now the Kenyan scientist has overcome gender stereotypes to fight malaria. Dr. Faith Osier is at the forefront of the fight against malaria, spearheading vaccine development she believes could someday wipe out the disease. (H/T ONE)
"17.03.2017 14:42:56" time.com Bill Gates: Cutting Foreign Aid Makes America Less Safe Foreign aid is often in the hot seat, but today the heat is cranked up especially high. Foreign aid projects do great work—and they help keep Americans and people around the world safe. That's one reason why it's money well spent.
"16.03.2017 16:59:29"  Sue Desmond-Hellmann We are deeply troubled that the budget proposal disproportionately affects the poorest people, abroad and at home. In just 25 years, American investments overseas have helped prevent the deaths of 122 million children, cut extreme poverty in half, and put We believe that investing in health, development, and research is good for America and good for the world. 

More in this statement from our CEO, Sue Desmond-Hellmann.
"15.03.2017 20:08:34" statnews.com Gene drives could halt malaria in West Africa — if residents say yes Genetically engineered mosquitoes could ease the burden of malaria — but first scientists have to ensure that people understand and accept the technology. This could be the most promising biological experiments of our time.
"13.03.2017 18:49:18" npr.org Menstruation 101 For Boys: A Comic Book Is Their Guide It's two comic books in one: A guide for boys (so they won't tease girls) and advice for girls on how to handle their period. Check out this 10-page comic book from Indonesia that is teaching boys — and girls — about menstruation.
"09.03.2017 23:30:00" medium.com Bridging the Gender Gap in African Science While more women scientists are playing a key role in driving science in Africa, women and girls remain at the periphery of the scientific renaissance happening on the continent. So many bright women are shaping the future of science on the continent.
"09.03.2017 02:27:35"  Melinda Gates Here is a piece of news that moved and inspired me today: On this International Women's Day, Canada is continuing its long history of supporting women around the world. Canada has announced a commitment of CAD 650 million to support efforts to increase Thanks, Canada for your commitment to advance family planning progress for more women!
"08.03.2017 12:00:00"  #IWD2017: Family Planning  When women can plan their futures, everyone benefits. Let's work to make sure women everywhere have access to safe, modern contraceptives. #IWD2017
"08.03.2017 04:58:11" cbsnews.com Melinda Gates on making a successful life The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation brings data, and tens of billions of dollars, to its commitment to improve global public health Our co-chair Melinda Gates recently sat down with CBS News.
"03.03.2017 22:44:29" huffingtonpost.ca Creating A Community To Advance Global Health Diagnostics Despite the critical importance of diagnosis, diagnostic testing and laboratory capacity receive much less attention than vaccines and drugs in the global health arena. We've partnered to advance the field of global health diagnostics.
"03.03.2017 18:56:18"  Comic Relief There's great progress to report in the fight against malaria – between 2000 and 2015, the rate of people dying of malaria has dropped by 62% worldwide. Despite this, there is still work to be done and malaria remains one of the world's biggest killer. We're proud to be working with The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and Comic Relief to #FightMalaria. They've distributed nearly 4 million nets to protect people from malaria.
"02.03.2017 18:58:28"  Timeline Photos  Some heroes don't wear capes. #AliveUnder5
(Illustration by Chip Kidd)
"01.03.2017 19:02:25"  #AliveUnder5: Pneumonia & Diarrhea  Incredible progress has been made to reduce the number of children who die from pneumonia and diarrhea. (: Gail Anderson)
"27.02.2017 20:00:01" unicef.org UNICEF | Join the fight to save children's lives A child born into a poor family is nearly twice as likely as a child born into better circumstances to die before reaching the age of 5. You can help stop this injustice. We are always proud to have UNICEF as a partner in the fight against child mortality.
"24.02.2017 22:58:16"    In 1952 Jonas Salk developed the first effective polio vaccine. Today we're closer than ever to ending the disease for good.
"24.02.2017 01:47:58"  Timeline Photos  #tbt: Warren Buffett isn't shy about saving money. Just look at that time he pulled out McDonald's coupons when he and Bill traveled abroad. Thankfully, saving children's lives is the best deal in philanthropy.
"23.02.2017 19:01:53"    We're LIVE in the product development shop at PATH looking at new innovations they've created to reduce child deaths.
"23.02.2017 17:55:22"  Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation One of our favorite signs of progress? The number of childhood deaths per year has been cut in half since 1990. http://gates.ly/2kzDocY Zero is the most magical number we know! It's thrilling to be nearing the day when no kids will be crippled by polio
"22.02.2017 16:25:08"  Amazing Gift, Amazing Impact  In 2006, Warren Buffet gave the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation an unbelievably generous gift. Bill and Warren discuss the latest update on that investment.
"21.02.2017 15:00:02" gatesnotes.com 2017 Annual Letter | Ending Malnutrition Malnutrition is not starvation. Malnourished children can be getting enough calories, but not the right nutrients. That makes them more susceptible to conditions like pneumonia or diarrhea—and more likely to die from them. Nutrition is still one of the biggest mysteries and the biggest missed opportunity in global health.
"21.02.2017 07:33:34"  Family Planning: Asha & Hassan  The power to time and space their pregnancies have helped Asha and Hassan's family flourish. It is amazing what a contraceptive can do.
"21.02.2017 05:24:10"  Positive Outliers  Bill Gates shares one example of a country that has dramatically reduced the number of childhood deaths.

What if we learned from and shared their best practices with other countries? We could potentially save millions of lives.
"19.02.2017 15:00:04"  Why Family Planning is Future Planning  When women can time and space their pregnancies, they're more likely to: 
 Advance their education 
 Earn an income
 Have healthy kids
"18.02.2017 18:12:09"    One of our favorite signs of progress? The number of childhood deaths per year has been cut in half since 1990. http://gates.ly/2kzDocY
"18.02.2017 10:29:02"  Timeline Photos  Big discoveries in nutrition are ahead of us. When the researchers find them, the rise in children who achieve their potential will change the world.
"18.02.2017 02:29:00"  Polio Portrait: Lee Ann Hussey  Zero is the magic number for polio.
"17.02.2017 15:13:32"  Timeline Photos  Better nutrition is not just about preventing deaths.
"16.02.2017 13:21:00"  The Amazing Power of Contraceptives  It's amazing what a contraceptive can do.
"16.02.2017 12:23:32"  122 Million Kids Saved  "Saving children's lives is the best deal in philanthropy."
"15.02.2017 22:11:03"  Warren Buffett's Best Investment  "We are going to make the human condition far, far better." Watch Bill Gates and Melinda Gates talk fantastic improvements in health since Warren Buffett's big gift.
"15.02.2017 11:00:02"  Timeline Photos  "When a country sends a generation of healthy, well-educated young people into the workforce, it's on its way out of poverty. But this doesn't happen by accident. No country in the last 50 years has emerged from poverty without expanding access to
"14.02.2017 17:10:44"  Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's cover photo  Read the 2017 Annual Letter from Bill Gates and Melinda Gates: http://gates.ly/2ksaaed
"14.02.2017 10:02:40" gatesnotes.com Our 2017 Annual Letter | Bill & Melinda Gates What has gone well, what we've learned, and what we hope for in the future. This year's Annual Letter from Bill Gates and Melinda Gates is about the stunning gains the poorest people in the world have made over the last 25 years. 

It's not a story that gets told very often, but we think it is a story that matters. Investing in
"09.02.2017 21:21:25" theatlantic.com Saving Babies' Lives by Carrying Them Like Kangaroos Skin-to-skin contact sustains premature babies where incubators are limited. It may even be the best form of neonatal care, period. Neonatal care for premature babies in the United States can cost between $3,000 to 5,000 a day. In contrast, in low-income countries a Kangaroo Mother Care program can cost as little as $4.60 a day.
"08.02.2017 18:09:26"  Melinda Gates When I heard that my dear friend and teacher Hans Rosling passed away this morning, it was hard not to feel like the world had just gotten a little worse. Hans, of course, would have strongly disagreed. In fact, one of the reasons I adored him is that he
"08.02.2017 12:00:04" medium.com Innovation: What's Old Is New Again Sometimes innovation is about applying new insights to very old ideas. Portuguese doctors are taking a cue from the very first vaccine to create an approach to malaria vaccine development.
"07.02.2017 22:45:00" surveymonkey.com Global Stories of Women and Girls: Personal Storytelling Workshop Application Through its Global Community Program, The Moth conducts workshops with individuals around the world, elevating personal stories that highlight world issues, dissolve stereotypes, and bridge social divides. Wouldn't it be nice to have The Moth help you shape selected life experiences into a well-crafted story that highlights issues facing women and girls around the world? Here's your chance to do that... in Kenya! The application deadline is FRIDAY, Feb. 10.
"07.02.2017 19:55:00" nytimes.com Turning the Tide Against Cholera Two centuries ago, a global pandemic rose from the swamps of Bangladesh. Now researchers there may have found the tools to stop it. Cholera is a continuing threat for in nearly 70 countries, affecting more than 1 billion people. But a way to finally conquer the long-dreaded plague is in sight.
"06.02.2017 18:20:30" news.nationalgeographic.com Want to Empower Women Worldwide? Give Them Access to Contraceptives In communities where women have access to contraceptives, children stay in school longer, and entire families are healthier, wealthier and far better equipped to break the cycle of poverty. Our co-chair Melinda Gates shares why she advocates for over 225 million women around the globe who still lack access to modern contraceptives.
"02.02.2017 21:10:28" media.giphy.com gph.is  An investment in NTDs is an investment in child education – that's why we must #BeatNTDs ➡️ unitingtocombatntds.org
"01.02.2017 18:23:38"  Upworthy No ordinary leaf: Moringa tree leaves are said to be full of vitamins, minerals, protein, fiber, and amino acids. By growing and selling Moringa, Hannah is sending her three children to school and investing to keep her farm running long term. ➡️ http://gates.ly/2jwsCn7
"01.02.2017 17:46:53" media.giphy.com gph.is  New mapping tools are helping countries fight NTDs when and where it's most needed. #BeatNTDs ➡️ unitingtocombatntds.org
"31.01.2017 20:13:39"    Ending the spread of neglected tropical diseases is #MissionPossible, especially when more than 30 people are treated each second. Learn more ➡️ http://gates.ly/2knIJDc
"30.01.2017 21:05:00" statnews.com Neglected tropical diseases are finally getting the attention they deserve One of the most inspiring success stories is perhaps the one most overlooked: the global effort to eliminate neglected tropical diseases, or NTDs. "At a time when questions loom large about funding global health and development, the success against NTDs is a powerful reminder of the incredible impact we can have when all of us — the public, private, and philanthropic sectors — work together." 
— Sue
"27.01.2017 20:13:36"  Bill Gates Live with Warren Buffett to discuss our hopes for the future… Join Bill Gates + Warren Buffett for a live discussion.
"26.01.2017 19:00:21"  Making the Invisible Visible with IHME's Chris Murray  We're live with Chris Murray, director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation to discuss our historic gift and demo a tool they've built to track world health data.
"26.01.2017 00:52:13"  Melinda Gates I'm concerned about the impact that the expansion of the Mexico City policy could have on millions of women and girls around the world. I've spent the past 16 years talking to women in developing countries who've told me—again and again—that their futures
"25.01.2017 18:56:54" seattletimes.com Historic gift: Gates Foundation gives $279 million to University of Washington Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is shattering donation records at the UW with this grant to continue and expand programs that measure health around the globe. Join on us on Facebook Live tomorrow at 11 a.m. PST (2 p.m. EST) to learn more! Chris Murray, director of Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), will show us one of the tools they've built to track the world's health data.
"25.01.2017 14:09:25"  Sue Desmond-Hellmann We believe in fundamental power of good data to save lives. That's why the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is investing big in the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, a game-changer in global health.
"24.01.2017 22:36:11" media.giphy.com giphy.com  Trevor Mundel, our President of Global Health, on accelerating access to lifesaving health products in Africa ➡️ http://gates.ly/2jDWE7m
"24.01.2017 18:08:30" allafrica.com Fresh Insights Into the Benefits of Mobile Money in Kenya Rapid expansion of mobile money has lifted an estimated 2% of Kenyan households out of extreme poverty. This study found that increased access to mobile money has reduced poverty in Kenya, particularly in female-headed households.
"23.01.2017 21:55:48" washingtonpost.com CEPI launched to create vaccines, prevent epidemics The initiative has an initial investment of nearly $500 million. We've invested $100 million to help launch the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations. CEPI is a global coalition aimed at protecting the world from future epidemics.
"20.01.2017 08:00:00"  #OutsmartEpidemics  The global cost of the next outbreak could be $60 billion but the real cost could be far greater. http://gates.ly/2iux45s #OutsmartEpidemics
"20.01.2017 02:00:00" nytimes.com Donors and Drug Makers Offer $500 Million to Control Global Epidemics "We'll have to make sure we do better than we did against Ebola," said Bill Gates, founder of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the largest initial donors. New epidemics can be expected and spread quickly. Stopping them early saves lives and money. That is what CEPI is for.
"19.01.2017 21:00:12" theatlantic.com CEPI: A Global Plan to Create Vaccines Against the Future's Deadliest Diseases $460 million will go toward preventing outbreaks like Ebola from taking the world by surprise again. Our new coalition will fund the development of vaccines against likely pandemics, test them as far as possible, and stockpile millions of doses.
"19.01.2017 14:49:27"  The New York Times Bill Gates is funding a new initiative to fast track vaccinations for epidemics like Zika and Ebola. He's in Davos, Switzerland, at the World Economic Forum with NYT reporter Adrienne Carter to take your questions. Watch live: Bill Gates talks with The New York Times about investing in innovation to prepare for the next Zika or Ebola. #OutsmartEpidemics
"19.01.2017 00:00:00"    Vaccines save lives. What if we'd had one for Ebola? Explore the interactive to see how many lives could be saved ➡️ http://gates.ly/2iux45s #OutsmartEpidemics
"18.01.2017 17:14:42"    Vaccines are an essential weapon to fight pandemics – if we can develop them quickly. ➡️ http://gates.ly/2iux45s

#OutsmartEpidemics
"16.01.2017 17:36:04"    What if we could start developing a vaccine for the next pandemic before it happens? By investing in the right technologies, we can.
"12.01.2017 21:10:26" huffingtonpost.com What's Working: A New Year, A New Conversation Any “resolution” to do better - made at the New Year or not - begins with an honest assessment: in this case, how our education system is serving our students overall. "To make progress, we have to commit to putting student success at the center of all of our collective efforts - above party, above ideology, and most importantly, above the fear of making hard choices."
"10.01.2017 18:41:20" gatesnotes.com Five Reasons Bill Gates is Hopeful about Africa Bill Gates shares some amazing facts and trends about Africa, a place that fuels his optimism about the world. Almost every trend in Africa has been moving in the right direction over the last decade. Here are five reasons Bill Gates is so optimistic about progress on the continent.
"06.01.2017 19:55:00" theguardian.com Having a period is unaffordable in Kenya, yet no one wants to talk about it ZanaAfrica is fighting to get menstruation on the national curriculum as it's revealed two thirds of Kenyan women and girls cannot afford sanitary pads Girls should have access to the sanitary products they need without shame or secrecy.
"06.01.2017 12:00:00" huffingtonpost.com What's Working: Harnessing the Power of Information to Improve Education Forward movement in education, like any type of progress, happens in waves. "We are fortunate to live in an era awash in information of all kinds. Our challenge is to ensure we are best utilizing that information to close gaps in education and help all students succeed."
"05.01.2017 09:00:00"  Youth Grand Challenges 2016/17  We're delighted to be supporting the British Science Association's Youth Grand Challenges. Competition opens today! http://bsa.sc/YGC #YGC2017
"04.01.2017 19:55:01" seattletimes.com Simple mosquito killers are the new buzz in Gates Foundation's malaria battle Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's quiet funding for simple, new mosquito controls could be about to pay off in the effort to eradicate malaria. The Seattle Times wrote about two potentially game-changing new ways to kill mosquitoes that we've funded that are simple and environmentally-friendly.
"04.01.2017 15:15:00" impatientoptimists.org Bridging Higher Education's Rhetoric and Reality in a Changing World Higher education must confront four essential questions that speak to the gap between rhetoric and reality. "Higher Ed must respond nimbly to society's rapidly changing educational needs." Read more from Dan Greenstein, our Director of Postsecondary Success.
"04.01.2017 12:00:01" health.ucsd.edu Center on Gender Equity and Health receives $1.6 million grant A new grant will help researchers with the Center of Gender Equity and Health to continue efforts to raise awareness about violence against women worldwide. The award will support measurements of issues that will help change. “We need to fill data gaps that keep people, and particularly women and girls, invisible in much of our research and policies.”

Our grant will support a new gender equity and health office in India, as well as opportunities for UC San Diego School of
"03.01.2017 20:30:00" gt.foreignpolicy.com Global Thinkers 2016: Melinda Gates, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, and Kate Roberts Applying a female-driven business approach to philanthropy. For harnessing girl power, Melinda Gates was named one of Foreign Policy's 100 Leading Global Thinkers of 2016. Read more about Maverick Collective and their work.
"03.01.2017 20:06:02" wsj.com Gates Foundation to Invest Up to $140 Million in HIV Prevention Device We're supporting development of a tiny implantable drug pump and hope to make it affordable to poor populations in the developing world. “You put it in and you forget it.” Learn more about the tiny implantable pump we're hoping can be a powerful HIV-prevention tool.
"31.12.2016 20:15:55"  2016 in Photos
"25.12.2016 01:02:07" newvision.co.ug Melinda Gates on Family Planning for 'healthier, wealthier' Africa Family planning has "huge health benefits for the woman and for her children, and it has economic benefits," Melinda Gates told AFP as a conference on the topic was held in Ivory Coast. "Family planning is absolutely part and parcel of economic development, just like agriculture and education." - Melinda Gates
"22.12.2016 23:21:48" statnews.com Let's speed up science by embracing open access publishing Open access publishing that permits commercial reuse enables the kinds of public-private partnerships that are essential to scientific innovation. We're making ALL published research funded by our grantees available on full #openaccess terms in 2017.
"21.12.2016 20:18:42" medium.com Talking with the Next Generation about the Next Pandemic Is there anything the world can do to stop future pandemics? The good news is yes. I advocate for three big changes in the way we do business. “What is the top global security challenge of the 21st century?” We asked 500 globally-minded young people and their answer was overwhelmingly not pandemics.
"21.12.2016 11:00:00" media.giphy.com gph.is  EdSurge caught up with our Deputy Director of Higher Education, Heather Hiles. Read their Q&A: http://gates.ly/2hWXcBP
"20.12.2016 12:00:00" soundcloud.com Episode 139 - Dr. Jay Wenger Cara speaks with the Director of polio eradication efforts for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Dr. Jay Wenger. They discuss the history of wild poliovirus, new cases in Nigeria, and the  focus on final eradication efforts. Jay Wenger joined Cara Santa Maria to #TalkNerdy about some amazing progress in polio this year! Listen and share to the full podcast!
"18.12.2016 00:20:04"  The New Majority: Today's College Students  Our U.S. Program President, Allan Golston, met Mission College students Kimberly and Edgar to learn firsthand the challenges and opportunities they face in pursuing a higher education.
"16.12.2016 12:00:00" economist.com Mobile phones are transforming Africa Mobile phones are transforming Africa, where they can get a signal Phones are spurring innovation and helping boost incomes across Africa. But we still have work to do to close the continental disconnect.
"15.12.2016 22:12:18" ft.com The innovators: devices and services to improve maternal and child health There is no shortage of good ideas, but many existing ones remain stuck in “innovation bottlenecks” as they struggle for attention, funding or the means of implementation. Financial Times highlighted a number of new projects with the potential to ease the burden of maternal and child mortality around the world.
"14.12.2016 11:42:00"  Timeline Photos  Follow us on Facebook? Help us make the experience better by taking our follower survey. Thank you! http://gates.ly/2huxQvq
"13.12.2016 19:47:00"  Combatting the Next Pandemic  Our CEO, Sue Desmond-Hellmann, and Tom Frieden, Director of the CDC, answered tough questions about tackling the Zika virus & preparing for the next pandemic.
"12.12.2016 22:14:20" youtube.com Measure What Matters: Data to Improve PHC in Ghana Health workers in Ghana describe how they use data to drive improvements in their primary health care systems. Learn more about primary health care at www.ph... These health workers in Ghana are turning collected data into action and measuring what really matters to improve #PrimaryHealthCare and achieve #HealthForAll.
"12.12.2016 18:15:26"  Timeline Photos  Are we prepared for the next global pandemic? What systems are in place? What steps have we taken? Join Sue Desmond-Hellmann and Tom Frieden LIVE tomorrow to learn more and ask questions!
"08.12.2016 21:10:44"  Bloomberg Life lessons from the woman who runs the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation http://bloom.bg/2hgPsh3 We're so happy to have the trailblazing Sue Desmond-Hellmann as our CEO! Bloomberg caught up with our doc to talk about her journey for their series, How Did I Get Here? Watch and share!
"06.12.2016 17:01:04"  Sue Desmond-Hellmann Good data & sophisticated communications networks give us the ability to rapidly detect and respond to diseases in the U.S. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is working hard to ensure poor countries get the same opportunity.
"06.12.2016 00:35:33" washingtonpost.com Michael Bloomberg may be Big Tobacco's biggest enemy A new $360 million donation announced Monday by Bloomberg Philanthropies brings the group's total contribution to tobacco control to $1 billion. Mike Bloomberg's $360 million donation will help expand the work Bloomberg Philanthropies has already started to get countries to monitor tobacco use, introduce strong tobacco-control laws, and create educational campaigns about tobacco dangers. That's
"02.12.2016 04:06:18"  Timeline Photos  A sincere thank you to the 106,000 people that used their voices and energy to raise $6.79 million on Facebook this Giving Tuesday.

Our initial match of $500,000 was reached within hours. We increased our pledge to $900,000 to match even more Giving
"01.12.2016 18:35:17"  The Moth Presents: Mary Kalimi Valai  We were moved by Mary Kalimi Valai's personal and powerful story of coming to grips with her HIV status.
Watch her full story from The Moth stage in Johannesburg: http://gates.ly/2gZtm2m

#WAD2016
"29.11.2016 05:03:30"  #GivingTuesday: 2X Matching Funds  'Tis the season to give! For #GivingTuesday we're matching donations to Facebook Fundraisers. Find a cause that inspires you: facebook.com/fundraisers
"28.11.2016 19:06:58"  Guide to Giving Back  Want to give back? We've got some easy ways to get started. #GivingTuesday
"22.11.2016 22:21:43"  Timeline Photos  We're one week away from #GivingTuesday! There's still time to submit your #MyGivingStory http://bit.ly/2eXGr6P
"22.11.2016 20:43:37"  The White House President Obama celebrates 21 Americans for their contributions to their fields with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, our nation's highest civilian honor: go.wh.gov/MedalOfFreedom Watch our co-chairs Bill Gates and Melinda Gates receive the highest civilian honor in the U.S., the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
"22.11.2016 01:30:00"  My Giving Story  Everyone has something to give. You can give time or expertise; monetary donations large or small, simple acts of kindness; food or clothing. Every act of generosity counts and they mean even more when we give together.
"21.11.2016 22:30:00"  Timeline Photos  This year there are two great ways to give back! Share your #MyGivingStory and donating to the charity of your choice on #GivingTuesday.
"18.11.2016 20:12:15"  Sue Desmond-Hellmann Most of us know about malaria, tuberculosis, polio and HIV/AIDS. But there's a whole host of other diseases out there that can be just as deadly and debilitating. They're known as neglected tropical diseases. The tools to wipe out these diseases exist
"17.11.2016 19:27:19" mygivingstory.interactnow.tv My Giving Story Win up to $10,000 for your favorite nonprofit organization! Tell the story of a time you supported a nonprofit organization in a way that was meaningful to you. What inspires you to give? Share your story with us and you could win up to $10,000 for the organization of your choice.
"16.11.2016 21:05:58"  Timeline Photos  Congratulations, Bill Gates and Melinda Gates on being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
"12.11.2016 16:30:00"  To Keep A Promise  “Imagine a world where every mother can bring her child safely into the world. Where every child has a chance to grow up healthy and strong. Where every child can dream fearlessly. We are closer than ever to making this a reality - and you can help.”
"10.11.2016 05:56:00" ourworldindata.org Child Mortality Has Decreased Everywhere in the Last Decades Global child mortality fell from 18.2% in 1960 to 4.3% in 2015; while 4.3% is still too high, this is a substantial achievement. Rising prosperity, rising education and the spread of health care around the globe are major drivers in this improvement happening faster than ever before.
"09.11.2016 21:24:33" timesofindia.indiatimes.com India may get breakthrough malaria drug by 2018 Tafenoquine, a one-day two-dose treatment, has already entered phase-three trials and once approved will replace the current 14-day treatment for plasmodium vivax malaria, which is prevalent in India. Renewed investment is accelerating the pace of anti-malaria drug research and development.
"07.11.2016 21:37:13"  Surviving Tuberculosis  It might be easy to think, as many people do, that tuberculosis is a disease of the past. But the infection of the lungs still kills about 1.8 million every year, including 400,000 people with HIV and TB.
"05.11.2016 00:30:16" washingtonpost.com Not your parents' college education Today's college students are more diverse than ever. Here's how we can give everyone a chance at success. Some students already in the workforce want or need to change their career as the economy evolves, while others need to work part- or full-time to support themselves and finance their education.
"03.11.2016 21:30:00" wsj.com Melinda Gates Focuses the World's Largest Foundation on Gender For all she's already achieved, her focus on empowering women is going to be fundamentally transformative,” Bono says. "I realized my voice would potentially make a difference for women in a way that Bill's wouldn't."

Congratulations to our co-chair Melinda Gates on being honored as The Wall Street Journal's 2016 Philanthropy Innovator. Read her full profile.
"03.11.2016 17:42:15" theguardian.com Stunting and poverty 'could hold back 250m children worldwide' The first three years of life are crucial to a child's development, and are associated with economic costs to the failure to help them grow. Children who don't get the nutrition and care they need in early years will earn 26% less as adults.
"02.11.2016 20:00:00" theguardian.com Conakry hairdressers dispense cut-and-dried contraceptive advice to women With every manicure, pedicure and hairdo at the Miskaa Salon, clients receive a free treatment: a great deal of contraceptive advice. When you train apprentice hairdressers as community health workers, you can make an impact in family planning.
"02.11.2016 00:00:00" nytimes.com For Melinda Gates, Access to Contraception Is Women's Way Out of Poverty The philanthropist seeks to get contraception to 120 million by 2020, but the effort is running into barriers. Check out Melinda Gates' conversation with The New York Times on family planning.
"01.11.2016 20:34:24"  Family Planning  Family planning unlocks the potential of women everywhere. It is one of the best investments that a country can make in its future.
"31.10.2016 23:00:00"  Bill Gates and will.i.am on Innovation  Here are some highlights from a lively conversation on innovation with our co-chair Bill Gates and will.i.am.
"31.10.2016 18:38:35"  Innovation is not easy and it doesn't happen by accident  Innovation is not easy and it doesn't happen by accident. Again and again, our ingenuity has proven to be our best defense. An uncertain world demands more investment in research, not less.
"30.10.2016 22:41:58" standard.co.uk Shining a light on babies' brains for nutrition study London scientists carrying out a groundbreaking study of malnutrition have captured unique images of the brain functions of babies in Africa. “We got the first-ever brain imaging of infants in Africa. We want all children to reach their developmental potential and make a full contribution to society and the world.”
"28.10.2016 23:41:18"  Innovation Done Well Can Save Lives: Vaccines  Vaccines have saved tens of millions of lives since 1970 and we're committed to funding innovations that will save even more.
"28.10.2016 13:58:37"  Innovation Done Well Can Save Lives
"26.10.2016 20:15:56"  Wolbachia: A New Way to Fight Zika  This is an exciting innovation for natural, affordable and self-sustaining protection against disease in at-risk communities. Here's how Wolbachia works to eliminate Zika.
"26.10.2016 16:22:20"  A Conversation on Innovation  We're live in London, with Bill Gates and will.i.am. Join us for a lively discussion on innovation!
"25.10.2016 11:00:00"  Timeline Photos  Tune in tomorrow at 17:15 BST for a conversation with Bill Gates and will.i.am on science, innovation, and tackling some of the world's toughest challenges.
"25.10.2016 10:00:00"  Grand Challenges: Innovation  For scientific breakthroughs to happen, promising discoveries need development.  We're committed to bringing together people with innovative ideas for solving some of the world's biggest problems with experts who know how to make them happen.
"24.10.2016 19:53:25"  Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation  We are partnering with Rotary International to raise awareness of how close we are to eradicating polio.
"24.10.2016 19:53:25"  Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation  We are partnering with Rotary International to raise awareness of how close we are to eradicating polio.
"24.10.2016 19:00:00"    One generation ago, polio was a worldwide threat. Today only 3 countries are fighting to stop the spread. The fewest ever. Let's #EndPolio for good!
"24.10.2016 16:00:26"    We're Live with our CEO, Sue Desmond-Hellmann, talking about innovation and solving the world's greatest challenges. Join the conversation!
"24.10.2016 07:10:00"    How did the world manage to cut new cases of polio by 99%?
"22.10.2016 18:09:34" impatientoptimists.org Apply Now to Attend Our Pre-Giving Tuesday Gates Social on Nov. 17th 2016 Social media users are invited to apply to attend a Gates Social meetup in New York, NY on November 17, 2016. Get ready for #GivingTuesday by joining our #GatesSocial in NYC. Apply today!
"21.10.2016 18:34:08" medium.com Why I'm So Optimistic About Ending Polio You may be surprised to learn just how close we are to ridding the world of this terrible disease. Ambitious? Yes! But with only 3 countries to go, we're closer than ever to eradicating polio.
"20.10.2016 23:00:00" gatesnotes.com Science is the Great Giver From penicillin to pasteurization, Bill Gates shares how the world owes an ongoing debt to the discoveries of European scientists. Before he travels to Europe next week, Bill Gates shares some thoughts on accelerating innovation.
"20.10.2016 17:40:00"  Why is the mosquito such a deadly animal?  Learn more about mapping the end of malaria: http://gates.ly/2epFbLI
"18.10.2016 14:00:00" pbs.org First-generation college attendees test out campus life Colleges are working harder to provide summer experiences for top high school students who may be the first in their families to attend college. What if you could let high school students experience college life ahead of time? This program is doing just that.
"17.10.2016 14:00:00" vox.com In 1990, over 60% of people in East Asia were in extreme poverty. Now only 3.5% are. Wow. Some amazing statistics: The number of people in extreme poverty fell by 114 million from 2012 to 2013.
"14.10.2016 17:30:00" gatesnotes.com Accelerating Innovation with Leadership Innovation is the reason our lives have improved over the last century. Focusing on innovation and research could benefit our world, writes Bill Gates. Here's how.
"14.10.2016 15:00:00" gatesnotes.com Why I'd Rather Cuddle with a Shark than a Kissing Bug You might be surprised to learn that the heavyweights of the animal kingdom do the least damage. How much do you know about the world's deadliest animals?
"11.10.2016 23:30:00"  Invisible Girls  It's no secret that we need to work harder to make sure girls' needs aren't overlooked, and their contributions aren't undervalued. #DayOfTheGirl (: Plan International)
"11.10.2016 20:30:53"  Melinda Gates Today, on International #DayoftheGirl, I'm sharing 5 reasons I'm so passionately optimistic about the future of our girls.
"11.10.2016 18:18:41"  Timeline Photos  World leaders pledged more than $2 billion to improve the health and well-being of women and girls around the world last month. Women's and girls' empowerment is no longer on the global agenda — it is the global agenda. http://gates.ly/2dJb8SZ
"07.10.2016 23:00:00"  Why Governments Should Invest In Innovation  "Many people are underestimating what we can do in this next generation. " — Bill Gates on the importance of innovation.
"07.10.2016 04:01:56"    Our hearts are with the people of Haiti and all those impacted by Hurricane #Matthew.

We encourage those who wish to help to consider making a donation to one of our emergency response partners ➜ http://gates.ly/1J1HT1F. We will continue to monitor the
"04.10.2016 20:07:59" medium.com Letting Your Heart Break A beautiful story on the healing power of bearing witness. “In the course of your lives, you'll come to see suffering that will break your heart. When it happens, don't turn away from it; turn toward it.” - Melinda Gates (via The Moth)
"03.10.2016 22:35:07" nytimes.com Americas Region Declared Free of Endemic Measles The last case of measles that did not result from an imported strain was in 2002, global health authorities said. Do #VaccinesWork? Absolutely! The Americas regions have now been declared measles-free.
"30.09.2016 19:52:32" npr.org Shaken By Economic Change, 'Non-Traditional' Students Are Becoming The New Normal More colleges and universities need to become better equipped to address the needs of older students, she says. And soon. The already large adult student population is projected to grown even larger in coming years. The demographics of students are changing in higher education. Here's why colleges and universities need to adapt.
"29.09.2016 16:15:11"    "Never underestimate what a group of committed individuals can do to change the world." —Melinda Gates (via The Moth)
"28.09.2016 17:07:32" huffingtonpost.com How Tech Breakthroughs Can Shatter the Bonds of Poverty Kosta Peric, Deputy Director of Global Development for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, explains why digital financial services matter to those living poverty. "When the poor can't manage their resources, they become trapped in a cycle of poverty that is difficult to break."
"27.09.2016 16:58:35"    YES. "Bearing witness is a form of action." via The Moth
"26.09.2016 20:22:01" time.com The U.N. Must Work to Eradicate Polio for Good Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway and co-chair of the U.N. Secretary General's Sustainable Development Goals Advocacy Group, writes about her views on polio. "We have the power to ensure that our world is polio-free once and for all." —Norwegian Prime Minister
"23.09.2016 19:38:58"    Ghana has been able to reduce stunting, a condition that limits growth and cognitive development, by nearly half since 2003. How did they achieve this?
"22.09.2016 21:45:35"    When women are able to protect their health and plan for the future, everyone wins.
"22.09.2016 14:26:43"  Nicholas Kristof Chatting with Melinda Gates about women worldwide--and why empowering women globally is one of the highest return investments available. Grill us! Happening now: Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times interviews Melinda Gates.
"21.09.2016 19:34:06"  Sue Desmond-Hellmann At the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation we believe that every person deserves the chance to live a healthy and productive life. That's why we invest in combating infectious diseases, which cause suffering for millions of people—and disproportionately, the
"20.09.2016 16:48:11"    When we invest in women and girls, we unlock half the world's potential.
"19.09.2016 22:36:19"    In the past 15 years, the number of child deaths has decreased by 55% in Ethiopia. How are Ethiopians saving so many lives?
"19.09.2016 17:13:16" time.com The U.N. Must Focus on Gender Equality Co-chair, Melinda Gates, spoke to TIME about her priorities for the U.N. General Assembly, the need for global gender equality for women and girls, and how best to address the refugee crisis and Zika outbreak. "Collecting data is an immediate priority, because if we're going to act, we actually have to have good baseline data on where we are." -Melinda Gates on gender equity goals.
"19.09.2016 00:19:17" cidresearch.org Human vs. Pathogen: The Art of Battling Infectious Disease Inspired by the battle our scientists wage against deadly disease-causing pathogens, the Center for Infectious Disease Research has developed a series of posters to capture the spirit of this battle of “Human vs. Pathogen”. When art meets science, you get a lot of fun posters. (Center for Infectious Disease Research)
"18.09.2016 01:39:10"  Bill Gates Canada, your support of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is so remarkable I just had to give Justin Trudeau a hug.
"16.09.2016 00:07:01"  Bill Gates Travel with me (virtually) to South Africa and see how they are fighting HIV. Travel virtually to South Africa with Bill Gates.
"15.09.2016 21:32:26" media.giphy.com gph.is  We are making significant progress in fighting against TB, AIDS, and malaria.
"15.09.2016 00:31:13"    How does The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria really work?
"13.09.2016 17:04:29" en.people.cn Bill Gates: We are confident about the role of China in driving global development For the first time, this annual gathering of leaders of the world's largest economies has made eradicating poverty and improving global health a top priority. "China has an expanding capacity for innovation that can benefit the world." -Bill Gates on global development.
"12.09.2016 18:50:47" economist.com Putting shots in the locker The purpose of CEPI, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, is to arm the world against future outbreaks of disease, without foreknowledge of what those outbreaks will be. How can we anticipate epidemics in the future?
"08.09.2016 15:46:44" forbes.com Without Success in India, We'll Never Control Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Anywhere India is critical to the control of TB and other antibiotic resistance, as it is both the largest consumer of antibiotics in the world and has the highest burden of TB, affecting 2.2 million of its people each year, a quarter of the world total. New studies show why India plays a critical role against the fight against TB.
"07.09.2016 17:19:12" economist.com Where does foreign aid go? This interactive map breaks down how foreign aid is distributed across the world. Take a look at where countries send development aid.
"06.09.2016 21:00:01" science.sciencemag.org Progress lies in precision Our CEO writes about the need to bring the worlds of scientists and public health professionals closer together through a new concept called precision public health. Have you heard of precision public health? Sue Desmond-Hellmann on how bringing scientists and public health professionals together could improve the world.
"06.09.2016 19:05:17"    Since 2002, Canadians have helped save 20 million lives around the world. We think that deserves a hug.
"05.09.2016 19:04:53"    ICYMI: This teacher uses Star Wars metaphors to connect with his students.
"02.09.2016 17:57:35" gatesnotes.com How Star Wars Helps Explain Civil Rights Bill Gates is a big Star Wars fan, but he never thought about how it might relate to civil rights in the United States. "It's about how you sell it.” -Nate Bowling, Washington State Teacher of the Year, on inspiring his students.
"01.09.2016 21:00:02" impatientoptimists.org Homelessness in the classroom Ashley Danielson grew up homeless. Now, she's attending community college and hopes to be a teacher. This student is a true inspiration! Here's why.
"01.09.2016 19:05:14" impatientoptimists.org Ready for Kindergarten Pre-K is high-quality education, not just a place to put your kids. It prepares kids for kindergarten. What does it mean to be ready for kindergarten?
"31.08.2016 21:00:00"    "In my classroom, goal setting plays an important role."
"31.08.2016 17:44:30"  Timeline Photos  Instagram takeover! Follow our CEO Sue Desmond-Hellmann's updates from India. https://www.instagram.com/gatesfoundation/
"30.08.2016 15:38:56" impatientoptimists.org Back to School for the New Majority in Higher Ed Dan Greenstein, our Director of Post Secondary Success, writes about the new face of college students today and how the right tools can help them succeed. The demographics of college students are changing. Here's how colleges can adapt.
"29.08.2016 19:42:30"  Sue Desmond-Hellmann Earlier this year I had the honor of delivering the commencement address at Georgia State University; an institution that impressed me on so many levels.

Their story is remarkable: Once a segregated university, they struggled for decades to overcome low
"25.08.2016 22:00:00"    "If we're going to create a better society, it has to happen through schools. And if we're going to build a better society through our schools, it has to happen through better teaching."
"25.08.2016 16:56:00"    Here's why we need more young women college students in computer science.
"24.08.2016 18:29:35" gatesnotes.com Computers Are For Girls, Too Melinda Gates shares her own reflections on computer science and how young women are getting involved today. "Eventually, as more and more girls choose this path, it won't seem like computer science is just for boys." -Melinda Gates
"22.08.2016 19:07:45"    What if every student had access to personalized learning?
"20.08.2016 16:00:00" vox.com A Chinese swimmer mentioned her period like it was no big deal. Because it wasn't. Chinese swimmer Fu Yuanhui defied a major sports taboo, and won legions of internet fans, for doing something pretty simple: actually admitting that she was on her period, and that it was affecting her physically. Not all heroes wear capes!
"19.08.2016 16:00:00" science.sciencemag.org Progress lies in precision Too often, I feel as though I live in two worlds. One is populated by scientists working on advanced tools, such as big data, sequencing, and data-based disease surveillance. The other is populated by public health professionals working on the demanding "We have the tools to bring the right interventions, to the right people, in the right places to save lives. Now, we just need the will." Sue Desmond-Hellmann
"18.08.2016 21:39:41" newsdeeply.com No Woman Should Give Birth Alone It's not cultural preferences that force women to give birth alone: poverty and lack of supportive health policies do. One in five mothers in Nigeria gives birth completely alone, with no one present. (via Women and Girls Hub)
"17.08.2016 15:48:58" time.com 2 Years After Ebola, Liberia Is a Changed Nation Liberia President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, reflects on the Ebola outbreak and rebuilding the nation. "If there is one thing we have learned from Ebola, it is that disease prevention requires investment."
"16.08.2016 16:56:52" newsdeeply.com The App Helping Africa's Midwives Save Lives A mobile health project in Ethiopia gives any health worker with a smartphone access to the information they need to deal with emergencies during childbirth. Can a mobile app really save lives during childbirth?
"15.08.2016 17:48:34"    Got 5 minutes? Please take our social media follower survey, and help us better grow our commnity: http://gates.ly/2beG73E
"12.08.2016 19:59:24" weforum.org Correcting the digital gender gap The developing understanding of the digital gender gap in emerging markets raises the possibility of a broader approach, particularly if operators and internet companies pull together. Globally, 1.7 billion girls and women do not own a mobile phone today. Here's why we need to change that.
"12.08.2016 15:13:02"  World Health Organization (WHO) Join us for a live Q&A on the Polio response in Nigeria, with Dr Michel Zaffran, Director of Polio Eradication
"11.08.2016 18:18:24"    The foundation is deeply concerned about the confirmation of wild poliovirus in Nigeria on what would have been the two-year anniversary with no reported cases on the continent of Africa. Polio is a terrible disease and we are saddened by the news that
"10.08.2016 15:49:14" medium.com The world's dirty little secret Brian Arbogast, Director of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene, explains the effects of poor sanitation and the steps we can take to improve it for those who need it most. Did you know? One billion people have no access to toilets at all.
"09.08.2016 17:06:41" uschamber.com The American Dream: 'Education is the Key' An open letter to the 45th President of the United States from our President, U.S. Program, Allan Golston. Education continues to be an important factor towards success.
"08.08.2016 16:00:00"  Timeline Photos  Progress! (via Our World in Data)
"05.08.2016 16:00:47" medium.com Photo essay: A healthy start Breastfeeding gives babies their first vaccine and the healthiest nutrition at the start of life. Increasing breastfeeding rates could save the lives of more than 820,000 children under age 5.
"04.08.2016 16:04:00" theverge.com This organization wants to 'disrupt' vaccine delivery in poor countries A group of entrepreneurs are working on new ways to get vaccines to the people who need them most. One in five children born today still do not receive the most basic vaccines. Here's how Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance is trying to change that.
"03.08.2016 18:37:29" reuters.com More than half of newborns not breastfed in the first hour raise health risks More than half of newborn babies are not breastfed within the first hour of life, putting them at heightened risk of disease and death, says UNICEF. YES. "Breast milk is a baby's first vaccine, the first and best protection they have against illness and disease."
"02.08.2016 16:00:01"  Timeline Photos  Generosity is a value that unites us around the world.
"02.08.2016 07:00:00" express.co.uk Researchers are working on a battery that runs on urine Just over half a litre of urine is enough for six hours of charge time, which can power a smartphone. Can urine really power a smartphone?
"01.08.2016 17:00:08" fordfoundation.org Video: Our CEO on inequality and health Sue Desmond-Hellmann, participates in an important series #Inequalityis. “We look at health as a driver towards equality." -Sue Desmond-Hellmann
"29.07.2016 17:30:14" uschamber.com The American Dream: 'Education is the Key' | U.S. Chamber of Commerce An open letter to the 45th President of the United States from our President, U.S. Program, Allan Golston. In America, education provides the surest path to opportunity and social mobility.
"28.07.2016 17:31:01"  Timeline Photos  Nigeria marks 2 years without polio – a major step toward a polio-free world. #TBT
"27.07.2016 17:43:27"  Melinda Gates We're on the right track, but we aren't moving fast enough. Let's recommit ourselves to getting more women the tools they need to build a better life for themselves and their families. Since 2012, more than 24 million women have received new access to contraceptives, but we still have more work ahead.
"26.07.2016 17:07:09" medium.com Building a Healthy Future — Together Sue Desmond-Hellmann, CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, President & CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation write about what it means to build healthy communities. "But the bottom line with affecting nation-wide change — and, indeed, global change — is that it requires smart, cross-sector partnerships."
"25.07.2016 16:40:51" marieclaire.com 6 Influential Women on Why We Need Worldwide Contraceptive Access Now Melinda Gates asked six women who inspire her to share their stories about the role contraceptives have played in their own lives. 1 personal question, 6 important answers.
"22.07.2016 16:00:01" gatesnotes.com Giving the Mandela Lecture Bill Gates shares his remarks and his optimism about Africa's future during the Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture. "When health improves, life improves by every measure." -Bill Gates
"21.07.2016 17:03:32" gatesnotes.com We Haven't Turned the Corner on AIDS This week, Bill Gates is in Durban, South Africa, attending the International AIDS Conference to discuss the ongoing efforts to fight the disease. The fight against AIDS has seen many successes, but the end isn't here yet.
"18.07.2016 17:08:19"    Since 2002, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has saved 17 million lives. How does it work?
"17.07.2016 15:17:53"  Nelson Mandela Foundation  Starting now, Bill Gates is delivering the Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture in South Africa. You can watch live here:
"13.07.2016 19:57:34" media.giphy.com media.giphy.com  This is the evolution and progress of bed nets over the last 15 years.
"12.07.2016 21:10:33" gatesnotes.com 25 Years of Learning and Laughter Bill Gates met Warren Buffett (trustee of our foundation) on July 5, 1991. "I've learned many things from Warren over the last 25 years, but maybe the most important thing is what friendship is all about." -Bill Gates
"06.07.2016 18:00:01" gatesnotes.com Let's Preserve This Lifesaver There's a program that has helped save the lives of 17 million people in poor countries since 2002. It's called the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria. Reason #1: Saving lives. The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria  has helped save the lives of 17 million people since 2002.
"05.07.2016 23:20:35" fusion.net The Next Time Someone Tells You the World Is Getting Worse, Show Them This Things aren't as bleak as they look. The world is improving in important ways. Here are some charts that prove it.
"05.07.2016 04:40:10"  World Economic Forum Does your country make the top 10? http://wef.ch/298xMNa Does your country make the top 10?
"30.06.2016 20:22:37" economist.com Feeding the ten billion  Growing enough food for future generations will be a challenge. Here's how to meet it. (The Economist)
"29.06.2016 20:00:00" news.trust.org Our shot to end malaria It's unthinkable, yet every day more than 800 children lose their lives because of a mosquito bite. In this day and age, this should not be happening, says tennis champion. "Ending malaria is an incredible and achievable goal that we can all get behind." -- Andy Murray
"28.06.2016 19:58:03"  Timeline Photos  Not only is this the right thing to do, it's the smart thing to do.
"23.06.2016 17:56:10" statnews.com Bill Gates on medical science, polio, and philanthropy. Bill Gates recently interviewed with Stat News on various global issues. "With a bit of luck, the last wild-type case will be some time in 2017, and then we start a three-year clock for eradication." - Bill Gates on ending polio.
"22.06.2016 14:57:29"  Timeline Photos  1 in 3 people worldwide are now undernourished.
"21.06.2016 16:12:41" ted.com 3 reasons why we can win the fight against poverty With One Acre Fund, Andrew Youn is transforming African agriculture by helping farmers overcome the obstacles that hobble their harvests. Delivering the right goods and services to farmers who want them may play a key role.
"17.06.2016 14:57:21"  Timeline Photos  What do college students look like today?
"16.06.2016 15:16:12" one.org Photo essay: A day in the life of a nurse This photo essay documents an average day in a nurse's busy schedule. Emilia, a community nurse, averages 15 home visits each month.
"15.06.2016 16:08:59" recode.net Full video: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation CEO Susan Desmond-Hellmann at Code 2016 The plan to stop ebola, dengue fever and the Zika virus involves giving mosquitoes STDs How can we fight infectious diseases like Zika and dengue fever?
"10.06.2016 17:36:10" medium.com 3 lessons in generosity for the class of 2016 Last week, our CEO returned to her high school to deliver a heartfelt speech. "Lesson #2: Generosity benefits from practice, feedback, and learning."
"09.06.2016 19:24:06" gatesnotes.com Why I Would Raise Chickens Learn about how chickens change lives and I'll donate a flock of chicks in your honor. Who knew raising chickens could be so beneficial? (via Bill Gates)
"08.06.2016 16:19:49"  Heifer International We're LIVE! Heifer's CEO, Pierre Ferrari is here to explain how chickens can end extreme poverty.
 
Thanks to Bill Gates, you can give 100,000 chickens to families in need with a simple click: What role can chickens play in addressing poverty?  Heifer International is answering your questions live. https://www.facebook.com/heiferinternational/videos/10153476296190940/
"07.06.2016 18:51:34" recode.net Melinda Gates is going 'all in' on contraception in her philanthropy efforts The goal: Get 110 million more women access to birth control by 2020. When a woman has the opportunity to space out her children's births, "she can not only feed them, she can educate them." -Melinda Gates on family planning.
"06.06.2016 20:54:58" ssir.org Philanthropy's New Tools for Innovation and Impact (SSIR) Investing in smart strategies and passionate people. Investing in smart strategies and passionate people will help us solve the toughest problems.
"05.06.2016 18:17:57"  Timeline Photos  With new technologies and new products, we could eliminate sleeping sickness in the near future.
"03.06.2016 17:00:00"    How can we close the achievement gap in schools?
"02.06.2016 20:55:27" medium.com Asking “What If?” With Sue Today, Sue Desmond-Hellmann, the CEO of the Gates Foundation, releases her first CEO letter. It's an insightful look at … "The question 'what if?' has led us to interesting — and sometimes unexpected — new ideas and discoveries." -Melinda Gates
"01.06.2016 18:22:57"    The fight against tobacco in the Philippines has an interesting side effect: health insurance for more than 43 million citizens.
"31.05.2016 17:54:20" ted.com A smarter, more precise way to think about public health Sue Desmond-Hellmann is using precision public health -- an approach that incorporates big data, consumer monitoring, gene sequencing and other innovative tools -- to solve the world's most difficult medical problems. It's already helped cut HIV "I have no doubt that a precision public health approach can help our world achieve our 15-year goal. And that would translate into a million babies' lives saved every single year. 
One million babies every single year." - Sue Desmond-Hellmann in her
"28.05.2016 16:00:00" huffingtonpost.com What's Working: Listening to Parents of Color In conversations about education in the United States, the word "equity" seems to be everywhere. And the central question around which equity revolves--w... To ensure a quality education for every student, we must listen to the voices of ALL parents.
"27.05.2016 16:47:23"    Great news: African sleeping sickness is on the decline. These three tools are making progress possible.
"25.05.2016 17:43:44"    We're live with our CEO Sue Desmond-Hellmann. Looking forward to chatting with you!
"24.05.2016 20:00:00"  Timeline Photos  Strong partnerships are key to ensuring that innovations reach the people who need them most.
"24.05.2016 15:47:47"  Sue Desmond-Hellmann  "Everything I do is driven by the fact that the lives of fellow human beings are at stake—and we can do something about it."

Our CEO, Sue Desmond-Hellmann, shares her thoughts on her first two years at the Gates Foundation.
"23.05.2016 15:00:00" gatesfoundation.org What if... | A letter from the CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation A letter from the CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation What if we could imagine a better future? A letter from our CEO, Sue Desmond-Hellmann.
"20.05.2016 16:00:00" paidpost.nytimes.com Preparing for Pandemics How systems, planning and research can protect the world in the next outbreak Systems, planning and research can protect the world in the next outbreak. Here's how:
"19.05.2016 16:00:01"  Timeline Photos  "Imagine what more we could achieve for women and girls if we could tailor programs and policies that meet their specific needs ." - Melinda Gates
"18.05.2016 16:00:00"    "We want to empower these young girls so that they do have aspirations to do bigger things in life." Sport based education could be the answer.
"17.05.2016 16:00:01" medium.com To Close the Gender Gap, We Have to Close the Data Gap What does a typical evening look like in your house? If it's anything like ours, someone will be reading a book that Ama… "Closing the gender gap, requires closing the data gap." - Melinda Gates
"16.05.2016 17:01:34" paidpost.nytimes.com Closing the Gender Data Gap How efforts to collect data about women and girls drive global economic and social progress. How do we close the gender gap? Accurate data, well-designed policies and evaluations are part of the solution.
"15.05.2016 21:30:31"    Millions of women still don't have access to primary health care and are denied basic things like land ownership. A data revolution and new programs can help bridge the gender gap.
"14.05.2016 16:00:00" asahi.com Investing in women can only reap more rewards for all Melinda Gates contributes her thoughts on global social issues for a special project called “2030 Creating Future" to help create a better world in 2030. "Our foundation is committed to getting tens of millions more women and girls access to family planning by 2020." - Melinda Gates
"13.05.2016 15:35:04"  Timeline Photos  Look how far the world has come in the fight against polio.
"12.05.2016 15:00:00"  Timeline Photos  Numbers and data not only enable a deeper understanding of the challenges that people face, they can help inform decision making to improve lives.
"11.05.2016 17:17:36"    Ending polio would make it the second virus that we've eradicated since smallpox.
"10.05.2016 18:42:51"    The partnership with The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has saved 17 million lives and counting.
"09.05.2016 19:13:43" paidpost.nytimes.com Outsmarting Polio A new model is providing the infrastructure, technology, accountability and coordination needed to end polio. A powerful platform has emerged in coordinating the final stages of the polio eradication effort.
"08.05.2016 21:23:06"  Melinda Gates On Mother's Day, we celebrate mothers as our biggest influences, greatest champions, and best friends. But I also want to celebrate mothers for the role they play in driving progress all around the world. 

Here are some of the women whose fierce love for
"06.05.2016 16:21:01" gatesnotes.com Opening Minds on Ed Tech Bill Gates spoke at the ASU-GSV Summit about how the technology revolution can take education to the next stage. “A quality education is the most certain path to economic security.” – Bill Gates
"05.05.2016 15:01:19"  Timeline Photos  To all teachers: we thank you.
"04.05.2016 21:11:17" wsj.com Study Sees Way to Limit Mosquitoes' Ability to Spread Zika Introducing a common bacterium into a species of mosquitoes drastically limits the insects' ability to transmit the dangerous Zika virus that has been spreading rapidly, researchers say. New research out of Brazil shows that a naturally-occurring bacteria in mosquitoes could greatly reduce the transmission of the Zika virus.
"03.05.2016 18:42:28"    What makes a great teacher? See what these students have to say.
"02.05.2016 15:00:00"  Timeline Photos  Polio can be caused by 3 types of viruses. Now that type 2 has been been eradicated, this global vaccine switch is the next step to end polio.
"29.04.2016 16:40:20" gatesnotes.com Life As We Know It Bill Gates reviews the book “The Vital Question” by author Nick Lane Author and biologist, Nick Lane, explores the latest thinking about life in his new book, The Vital Question.
"28.04.2016 22:18:20"  Timeline Photos  How do we close the immunization gap? This list of goals shows us how we can get there.
"27.04.2016 23:27:20"    This video from Shot@Life proves that parents will go to great lengths to ensure #vaccineswork for their children.
"27.04.2016 01:45:26"  Timeline Photos  This week is World Immunization Week. We want everyone to know #vaccineswork!
"25.04.2016 08:10:00"    A conversation between Bill Gates and UK Chancellor, George Osborne, on how the world can #EndMalaria.
"22.04.2016 15:00:00"    "Agriculture productivity is one of the most basic things that can help the poor move to a more prosperous life." - Bill Gates on the future of farming.
"21.04.2016 17:41:01" ted.com What does it mean to be a citizen of the world? Hugh Evans started a movement that mobilizes "global citizens," people who self-identify first and foremost not as members of a state, nation or tribe but as members of the human race. In this uplifting and personal talk, learn more about how this new "We live in a time that favors the global citizen. In an age where every single voice can be heard." - Hugh Evans
"19.04.2016 19:15:34"    Why is it so hard to eradicate an infectious disease?
"18.04.2016 17:48:06"  Timeline Photos  All lives have equal value.
"15.04.2016 18:15:24" blog.path.org The next great elimination story: malaria Villains, heroes, and plot twists. Could this story have a happy ending? "Ridding our planet of a disease that has plagued humanity and undermined our collective potential for thousands of years is audacious--and urgent."
"13.04.2016 18:01:34" theguardian.com Polio cases could be wiped out within 12 months, says World Health Organization With just nine cases of the virus so far this year the WHO is confident the battle against polio is nearly won "The end of polio will be a landmark for humankind."
"12.04.2016 18:32:56" gatesnotes.com Who Should Get Foreign Aid? Bill Gates explains why we need to help countries make a smooth transition from foreign aid. If we want to lay the foundation for helping millions more people escape poverty, we must look at how foreign aid works very closely.
"11.04.2016 19:00:45" one.org 5 things you NEED to know about tuberculosis Over the last 15 years, substantial progress has been made to mitigate the impact of TB, particularly in those 22 countries where 80 percent of global TB cases occur. 5 things you need to know about tuberculosis.
"09.04.2016 15:00:02" weforum.org How mobile phones are changing women's lives For women in developing nations, mobile phones can lead to independence, employment and access to public services. Mobile phone ownership can help women living in the poorest places unlock countless benefits.
"08.04.2016 15:00:00" huffingtonpost.com Melinda Gates To Her Daughter: This Is The Most Important Decision Of Your Life Now that my oldest daughter Jenn is off at college, every moment I get to spend with her is precious. So this was the perfect excuse to sit down together... "If we don't speak out about what's going on in society, things won't change," says Melinda Gates in a special interview with her daugther about family, career and gender equality. #TalktoMe
"07.04.2016 16:37:09" one.org YES: Kenyan MPs approve bill to provide breastfeeding stations in the workplace The law is not about dealing with a stigma around breastfeeding because doing so in public areas is considered normal in Kenya—it is more about providing adequate breaks and a conducive environment for nursing mothers. When nursing mothers have breastfeeding stations available at work, everyone benefits.
"06.04.2016 22:12:03"  Timeline Photos  "The point of aid is not to raise incomes; it is to help people improve their lives," writes Bill Gates
"05.04.2016 17:31:10"  Melinda Gates Had a great conversation with Lenny. We talked about strategies to address the gender gap in unpaid work, how cell phones are changing the game for the world's women, and why the ONE Campaign is right when they say poverty is sexist. Melinda Gates' recent interview on the gender gap in unpaid work and why poverty is sexist.
"04.04.2016 20:17:05" one.org How one woman is helping some farmers in Kenya create a path out of poverty Jamila started M-Farm, a female-led company that connects farmers to markets and each other, giving them price information over their mobile phones and the ability to organize—that way, they can move from subsistence agriculture to commercial farming! “It's shown over and over again that when girls are educated, they give back to their families.” 

A Kenyan CEO on why she created a tool to help farmers with their sales, and in return is lifting them out of poverty.
"01.04.2016 15:43:18"  Sue Desmond-Hellmann The day a baby is born shouldn’t be the most dangerous day of its life.
 
Fantastic reporting from the Financial Times on the importance of ensuring that moms and babies everywhere have the opportunity to survive and thrive.
"01.04.2016 00:00:01" tedmed.com Capturing the art of saving a life Global public health worker and communications expert Christine McNab illuminates the story of how she combined her passions and partnered with the Gates Foundation to create what might be the most artistically crafted vaccine promotion campaign ever. "Vaccines are miracles." -Christine McNab on creating the Art of Saving a Life project:
"30.03.2016 22:00:24" vanityfair.it David Beckham: «A father's due» - VanityFair.it David Beckham will spend his Father’s Day with his family at home in London. But his thoughts go to many families around the world living with the threat of serious diseases like malaria. Read his letter "We’re really lucky to live in a place where we can make sure our kids are well looked after. I know that for many families around the world, it is very difficult as they live with the threat of serious diseases like malaria." -David Beckham
"29.03.2016 15:00:00" timesofindia.indiatimes.com Rotavirus vaccine launched under immunization drive - Times of India Health minister J P Nadda called it a "historic" moment and "exemplary" step in India's immunisation programme and an essential investment in children, the future of the country. Fact: India's latest investment in child health could save 80,000 lives a year. #vaccineswork
"28.03.2016 17:00:00"    Johnson C. Smith University is redefining higher education to meet their students' unique needs and harness their potential. Hajira’s story is a great example!
"25.03.2016 19:41:02" gatesnotes.com Meeting Students Where They Are Bill Gates shares how two innovative universities are helping more first-generation, low-income students get college degrees. How are innovative #HigherEd leaders like Dr. Harry Lee Williams helping students beat the odds?
"24.03.2016 21:23:10" www2.unwomen.org Photo essay: A day in the life of women Teachers, farmers, businesswomen, politicians, mothers, law enforcers — women and girls contribute every day in many visible and invisible ways. Here’s a glimpse into their lives. Women around the world contribute in many visible and invisible ways. This beautiful photo essay gives us a glimpse into their lives:
"21.03.2016 18:45:00"  Timeline Photos  Inspiration for Monday!
"19.03.2016 14:00:02" kplu.org At Teen Action Fair, Young Leaders Take The Stage To Inspire Peers Teenagers are always being told they aren’t old enough. But, at what age can someone become a leader? The Teen Action Fair at the Bill and Melinda Gates Stop by the Teen Action Fair today between 10am - 3pm. 

A free celebration at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Visitor Center featuring some inspiring youth leaders and lots of volunteer opportunities for kids and teens.

We hope to see you there!
"18.03.2016 22:00:01" sportrelief.com Events The Sainsbury's Sport Relief Games are back from 18th - 20th March where you can walk, run, swim or cycle yourself proud. See how you can involved. The Sainsbury's Sport Relief games have arrived! 

When you walk, run, swim or cycle at #SR16 you will help make a difference by transforming lives in the UK and around the world.

Good luck to everyone participating this weekend!
"17.03.2016 20:00:00" hindustantimes.com Life is improving for women, but not fast enough: Melinda Gates to HT On a three-day trip to India, Melinda Gates, co-chair of the world’s biggest private charity, discusses how far the Indian woman has come Is gender equality achievable? 
“I think it’s going to get better. I think life by every measure is improving for women. But is it happening fast enough? No. I’m impatient, right? I want it to get better” Melinda Gates' interview with Hindustan Times
"15.03.2016 19:15:57"    "Big changes often start with small steps." Melinda Gates and Bill Gates reflect on their 2016 Annual Letter.
"12.03.2016 01:18:21" huffingtonpost.com Want to Close the Immunization Gap? Summon the Spirit of Jim Grant THE BLOG Want to Close the Immunization Gap? Summon the Spirit of Jim Grant 03/09/2016 05:40 pm ET | Updated 2 hours ago Adam Fifield Author, 'A Mighty Purpose: How Jim Grant Sold the World on Saving Its Children' Photo: UNICEF/NYHQ1987-0089/Isaac When Jim Grant, a former head of UNICEF, spurred a historic surge in childhood immunization rates. Let's keep up the work to make #VaccinesWork for more kids.
"08.03.2016 04:59:56" medium.com Yes, the World Really Can Eliminate Gender Inequality If the world is going to eliminate gender inequality, it’s going to happen now — or never. "We have before us a new opportunity to address the transformation of gender relations and the root causes of human inequality." #IWD2016
"05.03.2016 00:54:14"  Timeline Photos  "Our own experience working together on health, development, and energy the last two decades has been one of the most rewarding parts of our lives." -- Bill Gates & Melinda Gates
"03.03.2016 18:19:14" imgur.com Imgur: The most awesome images on the Internet Imgur: The most awesome images on the Internet. It's expensive to be poor. Mobile phones can help women break the poverty cycle.
"03.03.2016 04:35:20"  Timeline Photos  More time and more energy in the hands of the world's poorest could change the world.
"29.02.2016 13:20:00" playbuzz.com What Superpower For Good Should You Have? Discover what super human power you should have to make the world a better place. It's QUIZ time! Find out your #SuperpowerForGood.
"28.02.2016 21:02:33"    This issue affects women everywhere.
"26.02.2016 03:16:48"  Sue Desmond-Hellmann I met Haliru Usman last year on a field visit to Nigeria.
 
He’s an environmental health officer and his job is to test sewage for the polio virus. Once a week, Haliru takes out his bucket, rubber gloves and bleach wipes to collect a sewage sample. He Thank you, Haliru for your commitment to ending polio. #SuperpowerForGood
"25.02.2016 12:58:09"    What if every squash had a washing machine?
"24.02.2016 01:04:55"  Melinda Gates In our Annual Letter, Bill and I write about two things everyone wants more of: time and energy. Here’s why we think they’re so important to unlocking progress for everyone—and what you can do to help: http://m-gat.es/1Qp2XRB Bill Gates and Melinda Gates on their 2016 Annual Letter.
"23.02.2016 18:06:26"  Bill Gates My #SuperpowerForGood would be to find a cheap, clean source of energy to power our world. Here’s why: "If I could have just one wish to help the poorest people, it would be to find a cheap, clean source of energy to power our world." -Bill Gates
"23.02.2016 04:09:47" gatesnotes.com Two Superpowers We Wish We Had Bill and Melinda Gates share their 2016 Annual Letter. This year Bill Gates and Melinda Gates wrote their annual letter to high school students--the people who will help overcome some of the world's biggest challenges.
"15.02.2016 22:54:31" foreignaffairs.com African Farmers in The Digital Age A special issue presented by The Digital Thinking Initiative and curated by Kofi Annan, Sir Gordon Conway and Sam Dryden. “The future African food system should be built around the idea that agriculture is about more than producing calories; it is about changing society." -Kofi Annan and Sam Dryden
"15.02.2016 06:20:37"  The Last Polio Ward in India  It's been more than five years since India saw its last case of wild poliovirus. Meet the man behind the last polio ward in India.
"09.02.2016 21:55:03" huffingtonpost.com Vaccines are Good for Children and Economies As the world scrambles to speed up the development of a Zika vaccine, new data released in Health Affairs shows that in addition to saving lives, vaccines are also an excellent investment in the ... "When taking into account the conservative costs associated with illness, such as treatment costs and productivity losses, the return was $16 for every dollar spent on vaccines."
"05.02.2016 16:54:27" medium.com Innovation, Partnership, and Economic & Social Mobility in America — Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation The promise of America is that everyone has a chance to succeed no matter where they start. Our CEO Sue Desmond-Hellmann on why we're funding a new partnership on social mobility in the United States.
"03.02.2016 17:32:36"  Timeline Photos  Yes.
"01.02.2016 23:39:44" vox.com The WHO just declared a public health emergency related to Zika virus Answers to wonky questions about what this means. What you need to know about the public health emergency designation.
"01.02.2016 21:46:13" gatesnotes.com My Desert Island Discs On the BBC radio show Desert Island Discs, Bill Gates talks about music that’s meant the most to him. Bill Gates talks music and giving back.
"30.01.2016 16:11:00"  Timeline Photos  New research confirms: We must do what we can to protect, promote and support mothers & families when it comes to breastfeeding. http://gates.ly/23z6S8k
"28.01.2016 00:36:07"  Melinda Gates Four years ago, we committed to giving 120 million more women access to family planning. Let's finish what we started. Access to family planning can change lives. Every woman and girl deserves the chance to determine her own future.
"25.01.2016 22:23:58" theguardian.com Bill Gates and George Osborne pledge £3bn to combat malaria Chancellor joins with Microsoft co-founder to fund research aimed at eliminating the world’s deadliest disease by 2040 Good news in the fight against one of the world’s deadliest diseases, malaria.
"21.01.2016 23:31:16"  The Future of Farming  "It's mind blowing." Bill Gates on the future of farming.
"21.01.2016 01:11:16" project-syndicate.org Promises to Keep in 2016 Since the turn of the century, remarkable strides have been taken toward a world in which every person has the chance to lead a healthy, productive life. But while further progress is possible, it is not inevitable. Bill Gates and Melinda Gates share three areas of focus for the foundation in 2016.
"12.01.2016 23:40:08"  Photos from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's post  8 reasons why the world is getting better.
"12.01.2016 00:36:28" npr.org Now That He's A Dad, Tanzanian Doctor Is An Advocate Of Prudent Panic Pediatrician Namala Mkopi shares his new insights into the art of parenting and doctoring. He also tells NPR why people need to pay more attention to a disease no one likes to talk about: diarrhea. This pediatrician used to see 45 patients at a time in his hospital's ward for children with diarrhea. Thanks to a little-known vaccine, that's changing. (via NPR)
"04.01.2016 18:18:31" medium.com Stories That Inspired Us in 2015 — Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation The world is making progress toward every person having the opportunity to live a healthy, productive life. As we ease into 2016, we're taking a look back of some of our favorite stories from 2015.
"21.12.2015 20:08:01" gatesnotes.com The Top 6 Good-News Stories of 2015 Bill Gates shares six stories from 2015 that show how the world is getting better. If you follow us on social media, you might be able to guess the top story. (via Bill Gates)
"18.12.2015 18:09:16" A few of this year's most popular photos from our Instagram account. Your Favorite Photos of 2015  A few of this year's most popular photos from our Instagram account.
"18.12.2015 18:09:16" A few of this year's most popular photos from our Instagram account. Your Favorite Photos of 2015  A few of this year's most popular photos from our Instagram account.
"17.12.2015 06:44:31"  Timeline Photos  Investing in girls can change the world.
"16.12.2015 01:01:37" medium.com Three Stories That Explain Why I Am Relentlessly, Passionately, and Impatiently Optimistic After a decade and a half of working on the issues facing the world’s poorest people, I like to call myself an impatient optimist. Meet Prerna, Sabita and Beronika. (via Melinda Gates)
"14.12.2015 09:09:48"  Timeline Photos  Everyone has the power to make a difference.
"12.12.2015 16:45:38"    Facebook community - we would love to hear your thoughts about important global issues in this brief opinion survey: http://opco.me/A22636
"10.12.2015 16:38:01"  Timeline Photos  Education = opportunity. 
We've learned a lot from the past 15 years of working to help more students thrive: http://gates.ly/1jOO1mu
"09.12.2015 18:41:47"  Timeline Photos  Good nutrition matters.
"08.12.2015 18:52:11"  Timeline Photos  Yes.
"07.12.2015 17:56:46"  Timeline Photos  Inspiration for Monday.
"05.12.2015 00:32:00"  Timeline Photos  India’s Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana प्रधानमंत्री जन धन योजना program will help all families start bank accounts, allowing women living below the poverty line to join the financial mainstream. Read more: http://gates.ly/1XGId1a
"04.12.2015 19:00:56" paidpost.nytimes.com Donation Disruption | NYTimes.com See how new technologies and young donors are changing the way we think about charity. "It’s not always about established organizations. They do incredible work. But I’m just a person — and I can help, too.”
"03.12.2015 17:10:00"  Timeline Photos  Busting this myth could be a game-changer.
"02.12.2015 17:39:10"  Timeline Photos  True wisdom.
"01.12.2015 21:09:42"    Share this video and help provide 10 days of life-saving HIV treatment via (RED). 
#GivingTuesday #WorldAIDSDay
"01.12.2015 16:08:09"    Share this video and help provide 10 days of life-saving HIV treatment via (RED). 
#GivingTuesday #WorldAIDSDay
"30.11.2015 17:07:36"  Timeline Photos  Happy 90th birthday, Bill Gates Sr. Your compassion and generosity inspires many.
"29.11.2015 16:43:01" playbuzz.com #GivingTuesday: Share Your Giving Story With Us We want to know how YOU give back! Think of a time when your family, friends, community, or organization came together to give something more. Then, tell us about it here by sharing your story. Share it with your friends using #MyGivingStory to join We want to hear your favorite story of giving back! Think of a time when you came together for your family, friends, or community, and share your story to celebrate GivingTuesday and the ever-growing tradition of generosity. #MyGivingStory
"28.11.2015 16:26:01" forbes.com The First Woman Of Women: How Melinda Gates Became The World's Most Powerful Advocate For Women... Who run the world? Girls. Women. Melinda Gates is exerting her influence over the richest charitable foundation in history. In doing so, she's quickly become the most powerful advocate for women and girls in the world. “When you get women in roles of leadership, we make things happen.” Melinda Gates
"27.11.2015 16:02:01" qz.com This couple lives on 6% of their income so they can give $100,000 a year to charity While it may seem like a great sacrifice, science suggests giving to benefit others is an effective way to enhance your own quality of life. Meet Jeff and Julie, big believers in giving back.
"25.11.2015 16:30:00"  Timeline Photos  Generosity is a value that unites us around the world.
"24.11.2015 16:49:01"  Timeline Photos  Which career path is right for you AND can help you make a big social impact? Find out with the 80,000 Hours career quiz: http://gates.ly/1le78ri
"23.11.2015 16:37:57"  Timeline Photos  Well said.
"22.11.2015 17:31:38"  Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's cover photo  Find out how every one of us can have a big impact in the world around us: http://gates.ly/1NnRYMQ
"22.11.2015 17:31:38"  Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's cover photo
"21.11.2015 18:36:00"  Photos from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's post  These stunning photos bring to life the journey towards financial and economic empowerment. http://gates.ly/1MJAS5D

via CGAP - Consultative Group to Assist the Poor
"20.11.2015 17:54:32" impatientoptimists.org Apply Now to Attend our #GatesSocial Event on Giving Back Attendees of our Dec. 1 Gates Social event in Washington D.C. will meet members of our Charitable Sector Support program, learn about other innovative giving initiatives and programs, and attend a special tour at the Smithsonian. Join our next Gates Social event to discuss the future of giving back with speakers from Facebook Social Good, GlobalGiving, Smithsonian, Giving What We Can, the Gates Foundation, and more -- Tuesday, Dec. 1 in Washington, DC.
"19.11.2015 14:15:00"    Hi everyone! I’m Victoria, working on the Gates Foundation’s Philanthropic Partnerships team. We study trends and disruptions in charitable giving and share knowledge to help nonprofits grow stronger, smarter giving programs.
  
I’ll be here at 8 a.m
"18.11.2015 23:11:25"  Timeline Photos  See you here tomorrow for a chat on trends and innovation in giving!
"18.11.2015 05:20:13" medium.com The Shockingly Simple Ways You Can Make a Difference in the World It is easy to fall into the trap of thinking that nothing you do ever really matters. In a world still plagued by war, p… "Most of us will never found a company or a charity, nor make any great scientific breakthroughs. But we can ALL achieve an incredible amount by contributing our time or money wisely."
"17.11.2015 16:52:00"  Timeline Photos  Individuals are incredibly generous.
"17.11.2015 13:49:01"  Timeline Photos  Individuals give back a massive amount each year.
"16.11.2015 18:13:17"  Timeline Photos  Powerful words.
"15.11.2015 20:25:01" impatientoptimists.org Apply Now to Attend our Giving #GatesSocial - December 1 Attendees of our Dec. 1 Gates Social event in Washington D.C. will meet members of our Charitable Sector Support program, learn about other innovative giving initiatives and programs, and attend a special tour at the Smithsonian. Join us for our next Gates Social event, an exploration of the history and future of giving. We will be joined by speakers from the Smithsonian, Facebook Social Good, Global Giving, the Gates Foundation, and more.
"13.11.2015 16:38:02"  Timeline Photos  Everyone deserves a healthy, educated, empowered future.
"12.11.2015 19:36:31"  Timeline Photos  24 MILLION more women and girls have gained access to contraception in the last 3 years. We can't stop there. 

More news in new global report: http://gates.ly/1MZFScE
"11.11.2015 18:32:49"    Manju and Sushma are both from Bihar, India. Both are the same age and from similar family backgrounds. 

Why have their lives turned out so differently?
"10.11.2015 17:25:27"  Timeline Photos  Apply now to attend our Dec. 1 #GatesSocial event where we'll explore both the history and future of giving: http://gates.ly/1NHQ6Ns
"09.11.2015 17:22:13"  Timeline Photos  Yes.
"06.11.2015 16:04:04" slate.com Polio Is About to Be Eradicated From the Face of the Earth. Why? Vaccines. In just three years, the scourge of polio may be gone forever from our planet. This is incredible news. Polio, or more officially poliomyelitis, is a horri Vaccines for the win. (Again.)
"05.11.2015 16:50:00"  Timeline Photos  How are you working to change the world?
"04.11.2015 16:47:01" playbuzz.com Which Champion for Women Are You Most Like? Progress on gender equality depends on strong women - rule-breakers and trail-blazers. Thanks to the efforts of champions - big and small, famous and anonymous alike - big progress is happening. When women and girls can decide their own futures, the Are you more of a Malala Yousafzai or a Sheryl Sandberg?
"03.11.2015 16:44:01"  Timeline Photos  What inspires you to give back? Share your story for the chance to win big for your favorite charity and have your story produced by Upworthy! http://gates.ly/1N9Cx4Z
"02.11.2015 19:32:23" bloomberg.com India’s Toilet Shortage Costs More Than $50 Billion A lack of toilets costs India more than $50 billion a year, mostly through premature deaths and hygiene-related diseases, a study found. Children and poor households bear the brunt of having no access to toilets.
"30.10.2015 20:41:45"  Timeline Photos  Access to family planning information and contraceptives can change lives. EVERY woman and girl deserves to determine her own future.
"28.10.2015 16:54:51"  Timeline Photos  Everyone has a role to play in helping us reinvent a better world.
"27.10.2015 14:01:56"    Good morning everyone!  I’m Janna Patterson, a senior program officer on the Gates Foundation’s maternal, newborn & child health team.

I’ll be here at 8 a.m. Pacific time to answer your questions on why investing in women and children is one of the
"26.10.2015 17:02:07"  Timeline Photos  See you here tomorrow!
"24.10.2015 21:09:52"    Be a part of history: give today to help end polio and we will triple your donation. http://gates.ly/1Nt60t9
"23.10.2015 19:46:27" globalgiving.org World Polio Day Fundraising Challenge Your donation now works even harder. Every donation that you make today will be tripled, thanks to a 2-to-1 match from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. To honor World Polio Day, we will triple every donation to Rotary's efforts to fight polio. 

Join us and be a part of the movement to wipe out a disease for only the second time in history.
"23.10.2015 07:00:02" globalgiving.org Triple Your Impact: 2-to-1 Donation Match via Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Your donation now works even harder. Every donation that you make today will be tripled, thanks to a 2-to-1 match from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Be a part of history: donate today to help end polio.
"22.10.2015 15:25:44"  Timeline Photos  One of the surest paths to a better world? Investing in women and girls.
"21.10.2015 14:14:01"  Photos from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's post  These simple solutions can help newborn babies around the world.
"20.10.2015 21:14:19"    Empowering women and girls is crucial if we want to alleviate poverty around the world.
"19.10.2015 19:53:26"  Timeline Photos  When women have equal opportunities to work for fair pay they reinvest their earnings in their communities and families, helping EVERYONE prosper.
"19.10.2015 03:51:14" playbuzz.com Which Champion For Women And Girls Are You? When women and girls can decide their own futures, the positive effects ripple through society. Progress on gender equality depends on advocates, rule-breakers, and trail-blazers. Thanks to the efforts of heroes - big and small, famous and anonymous
"16.10.2015 00:07:22" glamour.com Melinda Gates: "Think About the World and How You Can Effect Change." Melinda Gates on on the progress women have made and the gaps that still remain. "Little acts of change—volunteering two hours of your time or connecting with somebody in the developing world or in your home city of New York or Toledo. All those small acts of change add up to very large things." - Melinda Gates
"14.10.2015 13:49:59" unfoundationblog.org 5 Reasons Why Empowering Girls Matters | United Nations Foundation  No. 5: It's the right thing to do.
"12.10.2015 17:15:10"  Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's cover photo  We believe that building a brighter tomorrow means empowering women and girls today. 

When they can decide their own futures, the positive effects ripple through society. 
 
When they have equal opportunities to get a good education, and work for fair
"12.10.2015 17:15:10"  Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's cover photo  We believe that building a brighter tomorrow means empowering women and girls today. 

When they can decide their own futures, the positive effects ripple through society. 
 
When they have equal opportunities to get a good education, and work for fa
"11.10.2015 23:31:32" www.marieclaire.com One Day Is Not Enough: Melinda Gates Reflects on International Day of the Girl Why today is important—but tomorrow's even more so.
"09.10.2015 15:37:01"    Hi, I'm Allan Golston, president of the United States program here at the Gates Foundation. I'll be taking your questions about education in the United States. 

I'll being answering questions here at 10 a.m. PST. Looking forward to chatting with you
"08.10.2015 19:22:57" economist.com Breaking the fever IN A dusty yard in Magagasi, a small village in eastern Swaziland, a man in surgical gloves draws Gugu Dlamini’s blood for the third time this year. The health... We could eradicate malaria by 2040.
"06.10.2015 20:18:54" medium.com Lessons from 15 Years: Working to Improve American Education As a foundation, reflecting on 15 years of lessons learned is not just a time for thinking and talking — it’s a time for action. There are four core principles that drive our work in U.S. education today.
"02.10.2015 17:15:36" medium.com The Most Important Investment in our Future Might Not Be What You Think There aren’t too many events that can bring everyone from Malala to Beyoncé to the Muppets together to talk about global… "Every cent invested in women and children delivers benefits across society." Melinda Gates explains why.
"01.10.2015 15:39:09"    How can we unlock a cycle of prosperity?
"29.09.2015 17:05:50"  Timeline Photos  Ending extreme poverty is one of the biggest challenges of our time. We won't be able to do it unless we empower women around the world.
"28.09.2015 17:44:52" nytimes.com Partnership Aims to Bolster Local Health Care Providers A collaboration of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Bank and the World Health Organization will focus on medical care in poor and middle-income countries. Thrilled to announce a new partnership "aimed at improving health in poor- and middle-income countries by helping to strengthen their primary health care providers."
"26.09.2015 13:24:27" glblctzn.me The 2015 Global Citizen Festival The road to the Global Citizen Festival with Pearl Jam, Beyonce, Ed Sheeran and Coldplay begins. Launch the Global Goals & win tickets to join me there! Can't make it to the Global Citizen festival in New York? Watch the festival live stream through the attached link from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. Eastern time.
"25.09.2015 16:31:46"  Timeline Photos  You can help make the world better. Start by becoming a Global Citizen: http://gates.ly/1gULqWF
"24.09.2015 20:30:03" 8 ways the world has gotten better in the past few years. Then & Now  8 ways the world has gotten better in the past few years.
"24.09.2015 20:30:03" 8 ways the world has gotten better in the past few years. Then & Now  8 ways the world has gotten better in the past few years.
"23.09.2015 16:15:19" medium.com Three things stick out to me about this excellent piece, Bono. The first, of course, is your usual flair, including a reference to “projectile vomiting.” Most people in development do… "It is impossible to understand poverty — both what it really is and how to fight it — without understanding the plight of women and girls around the world." --Melinda Gates
"22.09.2015 15:40:51" globalcitizen.org Watch this video and Help a Child Reach 5 Promoting the benefits of handwashing with soap, it tackles the two most common causes of child death---diarrhoea and pneumonia–head on. One father’s superhuman effort to celebrate his son’s 5th birthday in India.
"21.09.2015 14:11:19"  Timeline Photos  There has been more progress in the past 15 years than ever before in reducing poverty and helping people live healthier, more prosperous lives.

Progress is possible, in part, because the world came together with an ambitious vision and set clear go
"20.09.2015 23:52:53" theguardian.com What has the United Nations ever done for you? – interactive Ever wondered how UN action has actually affected your life? Browse our interactive guide to find out One example: If you were born after 1980, you didn't contract smallpox. (via The Guardian)
"17.09.2015 16:56:55" gatesnotes.com See If You Can Beat Bill Gates on This World Quiz Take this short quiz to test your knowledge of some basic facts about the world. See if you can beat Bill Gates’ score. Those who follow us on Facebook should do well on this quiz. What will your score be? (via Bill Gates)
"16.09.2015 14:36:32"    The world has seen quite a bit of change in the last 25 years--but we think the significant decline in child deaths should rank among this period's most important feats of progress. (via Bill Gates)
"14.09.2015 18:47:18"  Timeline Photos  We've joined Instagram! We're sharing photos of progress and optimism from around the world. We hope you'll join us at www.instagram.com/gatesfoundation.
"11.09.2015 22:01:13" theguardian.com Africa's children: 10 years on – interactive We first met these children in 2005, born in countries across Africa. Now aged 10, they tell us their stories and reveal the challenges they face These 10-year-olds have lived through a time of dizzying change. The Guardian speaks with them about their struggles, their aspirations and their dreams.
"09.09.2015 18:17:49"    "15 years to solve world hunger and poverty? It took less time to get to the moon."  -- Neil deGrasse Tyson
"08.09.2015 15:45:50" huffingtonpost.com Progress on Health, but Not Fast Enough By continuing to invest in these and other proven interventions -- especially those aimed at saving newborns during their vulnerable first month -- we can use the next 15 years to cut the child-mortality rate by half again. But let's face it: What we "What we really want for children―for our own children, for anyone's children―is not simply to survive, but to thrive." - Melinda Gates
"04.09.2015 21:26:26"  Bill Gates Here are some simple, innovative ways poor farmers can adapt to climate change: http://b-gat.es/1JA9yIv A few ways that farmers living in the world's poorest places can adapt to climate change.
"02.09.2015 14:39:37" gatesnotes.com Who Will Suffer Most From Climate Change? (Hint: Not You) Climate change is bad for everyone, but small farmers in developing countries will suffer the most. Bill Gates talks what the world can do to help them. "I’m optimistic that we can avoid the worst impacts of climate change and feed the world—if we act now." -Bill Gates
"01.09.2015 14:41:14" nytimes.com India Virtually Eliminates Tetanus as a Killer The country sees success in its 15-year campaign against lockjaw, in part by providing incentives for mothers to give birth in clean conditions "A year after eliminating polio, India has scored another public health victory." Great news!
"31.08.2015 17:44:43"    "Nigeria has been polio-free for a year thanks to a huge immunization campaign. But the fight against polio isn't over." Read more: http://gates.ly/1PH3nUm (via CNN)
"28.08.2015 21:37:31" nytimes.com Time to Fix the Fafsa Shortening the nightmarish federal financial aid form for college loan applicants will allow lower-income students greater access to higher education. We agree: It's time to fix the FAFSA so that more students can go to--and get through--college.
"26.08.2015 18:16:51"    Quick—can you think of a 10-letter word for “propelling humanity forward”?
"25.08.2015 18:43:26" medium.com Nigeria Went A Year Without Polio For the First Time. (Here’s the Bad News.) It’s been a year since Nigeria last reported a case of wild polio. "Having such a huge milestone in sight is awe-inspiring, but it makes the stakes even higher. It would be a tragedy to miss this chance."
"24.08.2015 22:09:40"    Your voice matters.
"23.08.2015 16:22:01" vox.com Causes of death in high and low income countries What’s the average life expectancy in the world's 31 poorest countries? 59 years. There is an unequal gap between high and low income countries when it comes to causes of death.
"22.08.2015 20:50:51" washingtonpost.com The end of polio in Africa? Now more than ever, the battle against polio turns to Pakistan and Afghanistan. "Everyone ought to draw from Nigeria’s experience, which showed that battling polio is not only about the vaccinations but also about waging a complex war of logistics and, ultimately, winning over the hearts and minds of people."
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"21.08.2015 12:00:01"    Did you know teachers spend an average of $485/year of their own money on classroom supplies?

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"20.08.2015 23:51:57" gatesnotes.com Teachers Who Tweet Melinda Gates shares how social media are connecting educators like never before. Can social media help in the classroom?
"19.08.2015 17:10:56"    Great teachers make a difference when it comes to student success. What do you think makes a great teacher? http://gates.ly/1J11eRS
"18.08.2015 18:27:13"  What do teachers deserve?  "Teachers make the world go round. We can't have doctors if we don't have teachers, or any other profession. Teachers deserve to be respected and celebrated as the talented individuals they are." http://gates.ly/1J11eRS
"17.08.2015 18:33:26" gatesnotes.com “Teaching Is About Relationships” My conversation with Lyon reaffirmed my belief that we should be listening to educators like him, and acting on their ideas. Bill Gates sits down for a chat with Washington State's Teacher of the Year, Lyon Terry. Here's what he learned.
"14.08.2015 13:53:48" slate.com Africa Has Had Zero New Cases of Polio for One Year. Here’s What Worked. This week, for the first time, Africa marks one year without a new case of polio. Polio is a horrible disease that paralyzes and kills children. It was wiped out years ago in most countries and is tantalizingly close to being wiped off the face of th We can’t stamp out a disease if we don’t know where it is. But with polio we do know—thanks to poop.
"13.08.2015 16:30:54"  What will it take to change the world?  We believe it's possible to make a better world. Do you?
"12.08.2015 22:37:52" gatesnotes.com Update: What Ever Happened to the Machine That Turns Feces Into Water? Bill Gates provides an update on the Omni Processor, the machine that turns feces into water. "It’s tempting to focus on the drinking water, for obvious reasons. But the goal is not to provide water. The goal is to dramatically improve sanitation for all the cities in poor countries."
"11.08.2015 16:30:55" theguardian.com Africa's year free of polio is giant step towards eradication Continent is on the way to eradicating the disease, but violent conflicts pose threat to immunisation programme We're closer to ending polio than ever before, but the job's not over yet. Let's keep up the fight to end polio everywhere.
"10.08.2015 23:36:38" nytimes.com Catching Up With a Childhood Killer, Diarrhea A movement is afoot to update outdated standards for treating childhood diarrhea. It may be hard to believe, but diarrhea causes 700,000 infant deaths each year. Could updated standards help save those lives?