GATES FOUNDATION

The Gates Foundation is an American private foundation founded by Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates. Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. The foundation spurs innovations that improve the human condition by stepping in where governments and businesses leave gaps. It strengthens global cooperation by bringing together governments, businesses, philanthropies, and communities to save and transform lives around the world. It creates market incentives for lifesaving products by supporting the development and delivery of vaccines, treatments, diagnostics, and other tools for those most in need. The foundation also generates high-quality data and evidence that drive progress by showing what’s working and what isn’t. The Gates Foundation has been committed to fighting the greatest inequities in the world for 25 years.