There is a lot of debate in the UK right now about whether the country should continue giving aid to India, a country that's no longer among the poorest in the world.

It's not my place to decide how the UK spends its money, but the Bill & Melinda Gates...

Last week, as I finished writing my own annual letter, I invited students from all over the world to submit letters about how they'd like to see the world change. I've been really impressed by the number and quality of the submissions so far. We've gotten letters from...

My annual letter comes out on January 25. I hope it spurs a conversation about the key issues affecting the poorest people in the world. So I'm inviting students from around the world to write their own annual letters and submit them. I'll highlight the most innovative and inspiring letters...

Four years ago, I visited India and saw again what polio does to children. I was in a slum in East Delhi, when I met a 9-month-old girl named Hashmin -- paralyzed by polio -- cradled in her mother's arms. She will never be able to do many...

In advance of World Polio Day (October 24), Bill discusses the historic opportunity to end polio.

World Polio Day is simultaneously a celebration and a call to action.

It's a celebration because in the past 20 years, polio cases are down 99 percent, thanks to one of the...

Today is the last day of the Malaria Forum, hosted by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to rally the malaria community around the goal of malaria elimination and eventual eradication.

In the past 10 years, the number of people who die from malaria has declined 20 percent....

At NBC's Education Nation Summit yesterday, Melinda sat down with our good friend Warren Buffett and his daughter, Susie Buffett, to talk about education.

Melinda and I believe deeply that education should be everyone's priority, and it should be at the top of our nation's domestic policy agenda. There's a...

Contrary to popular belief, I don't spend a whole lot of time following soccer. But as I have traveled around the world to better understand global development and health, I've learned that soccer is truly universal. No matter where I go, that's what kids are playing. That's what people are...

Today we get to celebrate a significant milestone for global health equity.

The GAVI Alliance, an organization that helps make sure children in poor countries get the same vaccines that children in rich countries do, just met its fundraising target for the next four years. They did it despite the...

In early May, I challenged people to think of creative ways to tell the story of small farmers.

I was getting ready to give this speech in Washington, DC to make the argument that investing in small farmers is the most powerful way to fight hunger and poverty....

Aid programs really do help improve life for people in poor countries. That's the myth-busting conclusion of a new book that I hope will be widely read and discussed. Here I review "Getting Better: Why Global Development is Succeeding -- and How We Can Improve the World Even More."

Stepping...

On May 24, I'll be giving a speech in Washington, D.C., to draw attention to farming families in the developing world and the important role they play in cutting hunger and poverty. I need your help in making the case about why small farmers are so important --...

Last week I traveled through Europe to convey one message: The money governments invest in development is saving millions of lives, and improving hundreds of millions. The most important thing we can do now is build on that progress and continue working toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals.

To...

Yesterday I spoke to the nation's governors at their annual meeting in Washington, D.C. They are grappling with more than state budget deficits; they're also confronting deep education deficits. I encouraged them to flip the curve on how much we spend vs. how well students do in school.

In my third annual letter, I make the case against cutting foreign aid for the poorest, even in the current budget environment. Investing in aid works. It has had a huge impact on the lives of poor people, and it also helps people in donor countries by promoting...

In 1993 Melinda and I took our first trip to Africa. I was working with Microsoft at the time and I was convinced that the power of technology could change the world.

But during our visit, I saw that many of the world's life-saving, life-enhancing discoveries were not available in...

My third annual letter was recently released. One of the major themes of the letter is the miracle of vaccines. Last year, Melinda and I announced that we were working together with partners to make this the Decade of Vaccines, and I wanted to use this year's letter...

Most of us think of cell phones primarily as a convenient tool to stay in touch with people and store information. But increasingly, scientists are exploring ways to use cell phones to deliver critical health care to people in developing countries.

If you're like me, you've probably become quite...

Grand Challenges Explorations -- part of the foundation's Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative -- funds bold research ideas that have the potential to create breakthroughs in global health solutions. This week, nine previous grant recipients were awarded next-stage grants of up to $1 million.

I have always been...

With support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, six nonprofit agricultural development organizations are helping hundreds of thousands of poor farmers in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia grow more productive, profitable, and sustainable crops.

Three-quarters of the world's poorest people rely on farming small plots of land...