UNITED NATIONS — The U.S. Agency for International Development and the Australian government have granted $5 million and $6 million…
More than a year ago, Melinda Gates quietly created an independent organization called Pivotal Ventures. Gates never really explained its…
At the close of their three-day Global Partners Forum in Seattle, Bill and Melinda Gates looked back on the past…
Vaccines and the diseases they prevent sure are getting a lot of attention these days. From international pledges for vaccine…
A premature baby is cared for in the pediatric ward at Yekatit Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Gates Fdn A first…
The fertility rate across Africa has not declined as quickly as the rest of the world. The Economist recently raised…
A community health worker visits with Dorcas Owino and her family. Sauri, Kenya – Efforts are increasing to bring family…
Polio vaccination team member, Sujata Roy, marks a house during a campaign in Balarampota village.Gates Foundation (New York) – Melinda…
Bill Gates was not thrilled about the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) when they were launched in 2005. The goals were…
Like most TED talks, it was fun with a lot of broad and encouraging statements without too many complicating details. The webcast itself was ‘negatively disrupted’ (lots of jokes on Twitter about this) when the TED live stream dropped just as Melinda was making her opening statements. It was restored minutes later.
Of all the featured speakers, there may be no better examples of positive disruptors than 14-year-old Sikha Patra and 15-year-old Salim Shekh, along with their revolutionary Bengali community activist and mentor Amlan Ganguly. Salim and Sikha spoke with Melinda at the event. I talked with them earlier.