CAN MOBILE BANKING REVOLUTIONIZE THE LIVES OF THE POOR?

IN THE VILLAGE OF Sori along the banks of Kenya’s Lake Victoria, fishing has long been the lynchpin of the local economy. Jobs here are largely divided by gender: men...

Gates CEO: Let's Shrink Maternal Mortality

“This has been an area that’s so important and so challenging. It is essential to think about all aspects of that. For example, one of the areas that the Founda...

Sanitation most relevant for India’s health: Gates

Sanitation is the most relevant aspect of improving India’s reproductive, maternal and newborn health, according to philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates. In their a...

Hillary Clinton spurs ‘gender data revolution’

Through Data2x, Clinton unveiled new partnerships to improve data collection and help address gender issues around the world. There’s not much news in Hillary Clinton...

Bill Gates predicts HIV vaccine by 2030

Bill Gates believes that a vaccine and new intensive drugs to combat HIV should be available by 2030 and end most new cases of the virus that has killed millions in the pas...

Melinda Gates has the perfect response to the anti-vaccine movement

On the heels of the measles outbreak at Disneyland, Melinda Gates of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation took aim at the vaccine naysayers who make these types of disease...

Akshay Kumar leads online support for Global Action/2015 campaign launch

The who’s who of India came together, through various social media networks, to lend their support to ‘Action/2015’ Campaign and superstar Akshay Kumar wa...

Bill and Melinda Gates get Padma Bhushan

Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda Gates, who are also big philanthropists, were on Sunday chosen for Padma Bhushan award this year under the social work cat...

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2015 GATES ANNUAL LETTER BILL AND MELINDA GATES

Forty years ago, Bill and his childhood ...