Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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Bill Gates

Title Co-Chair
Organization Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

As co-chair, Bill Gates shapes and approves foundation grantmaking strategies and advocates on behalf of the organization and its issues. Together with Melinda Gates, he works to expand opportunity to the world’s most disadvantaged people by collaborating with grantees and partners. They also participate in national and international events and travel extensively to focus attention on the issues that the foundation champions.

Posts By Bill Gates

Not Your Typical Vaccine Conference

This week I’m going to Abu Dhabi to attend the Global Vaccine Summit to celebrate the tremendous progress the world has made in ending polio and immunizing children.

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Putting HIV Patients at the Center

There is no “one-size-fits-all” approach to HIV services. Tailored support lets people access quality care at the level they need.

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Why the Global Fund Is a Terrific Investment

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria announced today that it will need $15 billion to continue its life-saving work. If the world comes together to meet this replenishment goal, it will build on one of its greatest achievements of the past decade by saving millions more lives.

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Seeing Ghana’s Health Care System in Action

I got to spend two days in Ghana this week. It was my first visit there, and the time was really productive and inspiring. I got to watch an effective health system in action – from the decision makers at the national level to nurses who live and work in the villages.

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What I'm Learning About Ghana

Bill Gates visited Ghana this week to see firsthand why the country’s immunization system is working so well and meet the people involved. "For some people, health delivery systems might not seem like the most intriguing topic, but I am really interested in understanding how they’ve done so much of this right."

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