Gates Foundation Archives

January 21, 2026 11:17 PM

Gates and OpenAI team up for AI health push in African countries

The Gates Foundation and OpenAI are setting up a $50 million partnership to help African countries use artificial intelligence to improve their health systems. The partnership, called Horizon1000, plans to work with African leaders to work out how b...

December 4, 2025 10:59 AM

Child deaths will rise this year as aid cuts reverse progress, says Gates

Around 200,000 more children will likely die before their fifth birthday this year than in 2024 as international aid cuts undermine decades of progress, the Gates Foundation said on Thursday. The projected increase would mark the first rise in preve...

October 10, 2025 12:13 PM

Bill Gates, PAHO consider ways to bring weight-loss drugs to lower-income countries

The Gates Foundation and the Pan American Health Organization are both working on ways to make weight-loss drugs like Novo Nordisk's Wegovy and Eli Lilly's Mounjaro more accessible in lower-income countries, the global health groups told Reuters....

October 3, 2025 1:20 PM

Bill Gates lauds India’s rise as “global leader in innovation”

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on Friday praised India as a global leader in innovation, highlighting that its pioneering solutions have the potential to improve millions of lives across the Global South. Addressing an event organised by the Indian...

May 14, 2024 1:48 PM

Melinda Gates to exit Gates Foundation with $12.5 bln for own charity work

Melinda French Gates is leaving the charitable foundation she co-founded with former spouse Bill Gates more than 20 years ago and will get $12.5 billion for her own work to uplift women and families, she said on Monday. The billionaire benefactors p...