The Gates Foundation recently announced that we’re opening a new European office in Berlin, and we are holding our annual Grand Challenges meeting in Germany’s capital city as well. Neither the time... FULL POST ›
Indonesia’s financial inclusion efforts are being re-energized by political will, the pervasiveness of digital ID, digital payments and a world-class fintech ecosystem. Millions of unbanked people in... FULL POST ›
Students in Washington experiencing homelessness are at a disadvantage academically and emotionally compared to their peers. Luckily, Washington has some amazing organizations and individuals that... FULL POST ›
The short visit to communities in Bihar was a lesson learnt on one key thing: nothing is impossible if people come together to ...
Waves of transformation: How adolescent girls and young women in Bihar are orchestrating better nutritional behaviours
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Grand Challenges
The Gates Foundation recently announced that we’re opening a new European office in Berlin, and we are holding our annual Grand ...
How Germany Can Take the Lead in Global Health
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GC Annual Meeting 2018 in Berlin pre-opening blog.
Oktoberfest for Scientists: Previewing the Berlin Grand Challenges Meeting
Vaccines
At the third global Teach to Reach Summit, participants learned how to turn their ideas for how to improve workforce capacity ...
Teach to Reach: Moving from theory to implementation and taking action in India
Students in Washington experiencing homelessness are at a disadvantage academically and emotionally compared to their peers. ...
Students do better when they have a safe place to call home
Financial Services for the Poor
Indonesia’s financial inclusion efforts are being re-energized by political will, the pervasiveness of digital ID, digital ...
A new dawn for financial inclusion in Indonesia?
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Agricultural Development
If farmers, the world over, including in emerging economies such as India, are able to benefit from such approaches towards price ...
Risk management is the way forward for farming
Traditional lines between public, private, online, and physical are starting to blur and, as a result, direct-to-home and online ...
Overhaul the medicine supply chain
Nearly fifteen years ago, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation launched Grand Challenges—a landmark initiative to fund ...
Reflecting Back on a Grand Decade of Innovation