Today @MelindaGates announced her decision to resign from her role as Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to focus on the next chapter of her philanthropy. Her last day of work at the foundation will be June 7.

I truly admire Melinda, and the critical role she has…

.@MelindaGates has played a crucial role in what we’ve accomplished at the @GatesFoundation. Her vision will leave a lasting legacy, and our foundation remains committed to creating a world where every person has the opportunity to live a healthy and productive life.

On #InternationalNursesDay , we’re honoring nurses’ life-saving work and reminiscing about Mark Suzman’s recent trip to TX, where he met with the next generation of nurses at the King Nurses in Training program. ⚕ 🌐

Learn more: gates.ly/4bDgtT7

We love Lana’s look, but mosquitoes don’t! 🦟 Bed nets treated with insecticides are proven to reduce cases of malaria. Learn more about what bed nets and other tools can do to create a malaria-free world: gates.ly/4butoGP

📷: @NYTimes/Amir Hamja

By the end of 2023, 50 countries successfully eliminated at least one neglected tropical disease—halfway towards the 2030 target.

Challenges remain, but together we can reach 100. #BeatNTDs

Read more in the World Health Organization (WHO) 2024 global report on #NTDs : bit.ly/3UUQpNG

This week, our co-chair Bill Gates met with leaders and young changemakers in Berlin to discuss the importance of stepping up development aid to improve the lives of millions. 

The first 20 years of this century saw unprecedented progress in global health and development with…

This #TeacherAppreciationWeek we’re celebrating educators, including former teachers on our staff, working to improve education systems & expand learning opportunities for all. 🍎✍️

Jennifer Rodríguez on the K-12 Education team has worked in education for over 20 years.

“I would say that if humanity has a report card, this would be at the top of the list of incredible achievements.” 

Read Bill Gates’s full remarks from Novo Nordisk Foundation’s Global Science Summit here: gates.ly/3WyMOWG

This #TeacherAppreciationWeek we’re celebrating educators, including our former teachers, working to improve education systems & expand learning opportunities for all. 🍎✍️

Ryen Borden's experience in elementary school classrooms shapes her work on our K-12 Education team.

Around the world, unexpected partnerships are driving progress and helping the next generation—like nine-year-old Omphile—reach their fullest potential: gatesnot.es/3UP5f8u

Interim director of Water, Sanitation, & Hygiene Doulaye Kone met with @GeekWire at Gates Discovery Center to chat about toilet technologies and the future of safe sanitation. Check it out:

Nearly half of all child deaths are attributable to malnutrition. When children get the right nutrients, they grow up prepared to learn more, earn more, and thrive. 

Read Bill Gates’s full remarks from Novo Nordisk Foundation’s Global Science Summit here: gates.ly/4btADik

Same, @TrevorNoah. 

Teachers should be celebrated for having the coolest job (because they do). #TeacherAppreciationDay

Smallholder farmers are sub-Saharan Africa’s largest employer and main suppliers of food. Their incomes rise and fall based on the health of their soils.

African nations are convening this week at #AFSH24 to discuss this critical topic. I look forward to following along!

President of Global Policy & Advocacy at the Gates Foundation Gargee Ghosh sat down with Stefan Löfven, Farmer on Fire Ltd, and Symone D. Sanders Townsend at #GlobalCitizenNOW to discuss the critical role of foreign aid, including ODA, in supporting developing countries. Check it out 👇

This #TeacherAppreciationWeek we’re celebrating educators, including our former teachers working to improve education systems & expand learning opportunities for all. 🍎✍️

Josie McSpadden blends experience in education & communications leading media affairs for our U.S. Program.