Impatient Optimists
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Topics / Tuberculosis

New funding and interest in tuberculosis is producing encouraging results, but there is still more work to be done. We support the goals of the Global Plan to Stop TB, which aims to treat 50 million people with TB and prevent 14 million deaths from the disease by 2015.

Learn more below and visit the program page for more details about our work in this area.

The Power of Social Media – New Case Studies and Best Practices From China

May 13, 2013 / Kate James

Earlier this month I had the opportunity to travel to Beijing for the launch of a “Social Media for Social Good in China: Cases and Best Practices”, a new book capturing the huge commitment of Chinese social media companies to using social media for good.

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Why the Global Fund Is a Terrific Investment

April 08, 2013 / Bill Gates

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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A Global Update on Tuberculosis

March 29, 2013 / Jennifer James

In the fight against tuberculosis, "We have a choice: we can invest now or we can pay forever." - Global Fund

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Informal Health Providers Treating TB Are Here to Stay, So How Do We Work with Them?

March 28, 2013 / Gina Lagomarsino

Innovators are developing new ways to treat TB in partnership with informal providers in some of India’s poorest communities.

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Mumbai’s Fight Against Tuberculosis

March 26, 2013 / Peter Small

Mumbai’s authorities are demonstrating remarkable leadership in the fight against tuberculosis.

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  • "Our desire to bring every good thing to our children is a force for good throughout the world. It’s what propels societies forward." —Melinda Gates

  • The Global Fund has helped to deliver more than 190 million bed nets to protect families from malaria.

  • "The world faces a clear choice. If we invest relatively small amounts, many more poor farmers will be able to feed their families." —Bill Gates, 2012 Annual Letter

  • "When it come to global health, Bill and I are optimists—but we're impatient optimists. Tremendous progress is being made. But there is still so much we're impatient to see done." —Melinda French Gates

  • In Senegal, 80% of households now have a bed net, helping the number of malaria cases there drop 50% in a single year.

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