The year 2025 has seen a severe decline in global health funding due to policy shifts under the Trump Administration. Amidst these challenges, Bill Gates announced a significant financial commitment of $200 billion from his foundation aimed at bolstering international health initiatives, particularly targeting infectious diseases. The Gates Foundation, co-founded with Melinda French Gates, has already contributed over $100 billion to health causes and is accelerating its schedule to close by 2045. Gates emphasized the urgency of his mission, hoping to remind the world of the importance of global health funding.
Over the last two years, I've been talking with [Gates Foundation CEO] Mark Suzman and the foundation board about this. We decided to double down to get some infectious diseases either dramatically reduced or eradicated, which is exciting.
This was not a response to that. But perhaps my commitment to give all of it away will remind people how important and how effective these dollars are, and the basic value of reducing child mortality.
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