What I'm Thinking
With support from the foundation, six nonprofit agricultural development organizations are helping hundreds of thousands of poor farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia grow more productive, profitable, and sustainable crops.
Posted 08/09/2010
Helping poor farmers improve productivity is a critical step in reducing global hunger. But there is an ideological divide over how best to help them. The truth is that both sides have something important to offer.
Posted 01/20/2010
To call attention to the incredible impact that global health programs funded by the U.S. government are having on people’s lives, Bill and Melinda gave a speech in Washington D.C. that highlighted success stories that are living proof of the value of U.S. aid.
Posted 01/18/2010
What I'm Learning
Agricultural biotechnology is controversial but essential, Bill believes, to ease the plight of the 1 billion impoverished people who live with chronic hunger. He reviews a provocative book on the realities of farming today – and its future.
Posted 03/08/2010
Important Trips Of Mine
In a visit to Africa’s most populous nation, Bill witnessed remarkable progress against polio, with lessons for the fight against infectious diseases worldwide.
Posted 07/23/2010
Each year in developing countries, millions of mothers and babies die during childbirth or in the first days and weeks of life. Reducing this tragic toll takes not only better access to health care but also health education, as Melinda witnessed during recent trips to Malawi and India.
Posted 05/25/2010
On a recent trip to Africa, Bill explored innovative and cost-effective initiatives supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that are reducing child mortality and the risk of infection from AIDS, and increasing basic financial services and economic well-being for underserved people.
Posted 03/18/2010
