What I'm Thinking
Bill believes that one important way to stop the spread of AIDS is by empowering women to protect themselves from infection. He’s encouraged that new research shows positive results from women using antiretrovirals for HIV/AIDS prevention.
Posted 07/21/2010
Bill traveled to Vienna to speak at the 2010 International AIDS Conference, the premier gathering for those working to prevent and treat HIV infection, which is a priority of the Gates Foundation. Bill brought a hopeful message, but advocated for changes to make anti-AIDS efforts more effective.
Posted 07/19/2010
For people suffering from serious but treatable diseases like pneumonia and tuberculosis, access to drugs can mean the difference between life and death. A new report and two recent announcements are signs of progress in efforts to expand access.
Posted 06/25/2010
To spur innovative thinking about health solutions for developing countries, Grand Challenges Explorations is making $100,000 grants to fund non-traditional early-stage research projects. Applications for the latest round of grants will be accepted through May 19.
Posted 03/31/2010
On March 10, Bill was in Washington, DC, where Melinda French Gates received the Global Trailblazer Award from Vital Voices for her leadership in development. Bill also testified before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Posted 03/16/2010
Victims of the unfolding catastrophe in Haiti require immediate help as living conditions worsen. Ongoing aid will be needed to help people rebuild their lives. Find out how you can help.
Posted 03/04/2010
Bill has been attending the World Economic Forum at Davos since the 1990s. This year, the focus was on climate change and on issues raised by the aftermath of the economic crisis, including questions about who should profit from investment and financial risk.
Posted 02/10/2010
Providing greater access to existing vaccines and making new vaccines available quickly could save 8 million lives by 2020. With a 10-year, $10 billion commitment, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is supporting immunization programs designed to reach children in the world’s poorest countries.
Posted 02/09/2010
Every January, Bill writes an Annual Letter, which includes his thoughts on the work of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and progress it is making toward achieving its goals. Interest in the 2009 Annual Letter was one reason Bill decided to create the Gates Notes website.
Posted 02/01/2010
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
The H1N1 flu wasn’t nearly as bad as predicted, but not because of the effectiveness of the steps taken to contain it. The inadequate global response shows that we are still unprepared for a major pandemic. New methods for manufacturing vaccines quickly and other investments are clearly required.
Posted 01/18/2010
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
For Bill personally and for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, improving global health is a way to fight poverty as well as to save lives. The role of health in social and economic development is highlighted by new research on infectious disease and IQ.
Posted 08/24/2010
Entertaining, well-written, and full of surprises and insights, SuperFreakonomics is Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner’s follow up to Freakonomics.
Posted 02/01/2010
The web provides incredible opportunities to learn from people who are both experts in their field and great communicators. Hans Rosling, a doctor and researcher who is a professor of global health at Karolinska Institute in Sweden, is a great example.
Posted 01/18/2010
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
Bill was on the road again in May 2010 on a visit to northern India. He came back excited by the progress he saw in villages that have suffered from dire poverty and the persistence of polio.
Posted 06/28/2010
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
In July, Bill traveled to India to see how new investments by the Indian government are improving medical care in poor communities. During the trip, he visited health clinics in the state of Uttar Pradesh and saw how vaccines and other basic health care is being delivered to mothers and children.
Posted 01/21/2010
Infrequently Asked Questions
At a time when increased foreign aid is having a significant positive impact, there are concerns that the economic downturn will lead developed nations to reduce the amount of assistance they provide to poor countries.
Posted 01/18/2010
Bill shares his thoughts about recent AIDS research and the prospects for developing an AIDS vaccine.
Posted 01/14/2010
Conversations
In an April appearance on the Charlie Rose Show with his father, Bill Gates Sr., Bill spoke about his focus on malaria, TB, and HIV, and his hope that malaria will be eradicated within 20 years. He also explained why he released mosquitoes during a speech at the TED Conference.
Posted 01/22/2010
Warren Buffett and Bill talked with journalist and interviewer Charlie Rose about some of the effects that the economic crisis is having on poor countries, international aid, and the value of money.
Posted 01/18/2010
In October, Bill appeared on the CNN program GPS where he and Fareed Zakaria talked about why better health can be a catalyst for more wide-ranging improvements in the world’s poorest countries.
Posted 01/14/2010
