Topics | Impatient Optimists

The issues we work on.

Whether you’re interested in hearing from our grantees, our partners, or from voices from within the foundation itself, browse by topic to dive deep into the areas in which we work.

Topic

Count
#SmartAid

77
Advocacy & Public Policy

60
Agricultural Development

224
Charitable Sector Support

14
College-Ready Education (U.S.)

202
Community

52
Diarrhea

22
Early Learning (U.S.)

15
Emergency Response

4
Family Homelessness (U.S.)

33
Family Planning

179
Financial Services for the Poor

23
HIV/AIDS

165
Health Science & Technology

17
Libraries

25
Malaria

98

Topic

Count
Maternal, Newborn, & Child Health

388
Media & Information

42
Neglected Diseases

17
Nutrition

43
Pacific Northwest Community

54
Pneumonia & Flu

32
Polio

152
Postsecondary Education

68
Research & Development

10
Scholarships

2
Tobacco

3
Tuberculosis

39
Urban Poverty

36
Vaccines

240
Water, Sanitation, & Hygiene

70

Quick Posts

A New Framework for Digital Money Innovation March 20, 2013 - Mireya Almazan, Lynn Eisenhart, Megan Oxman
The Music of Ending Homelessness March 19, 2013 - Kollin Min
Aging Populations Face Old Foe in Pneumococcal Disease March 15, 2013 - Ciro de Quadros
Elevating and Celebrating Effective Teaching and Teachers March 12, 2013 - Vicki Phillips
How A Fraction of a Penny Helps Train a Global Health Workforce March 12, 2013 - Pape Gaye, Ariel Pablos-Méndez
The Power of Observation March 05, 2013 - Valerie von Frank
A Mother's Story in Nigeria: Breastfeeding Saves Lives February 28, 2013 - Jayne Whyte
In Costa Rica, Strengthening Health Systems Has a Human Side February 28, 2013 - David J. Olson
College Completion: What If the Focus Was On the Student? February 27, 2013 - Brian C. Mitchell
Video: FC Barcelona and Gates Foundation Team Up to Improve the Lives of Children Around the World February 26, 2013 - Gates Foundation

Reader Comments

Connect With Us

See All ›Partner Headlines

See All › Last Thought

"Our desire to bring every good thing to our children is a force for good throughout the world. It’s what propels societies forward." —Melinda Gates
The Global Fund has helped to deliver more than 190 million bed nets to protect families from malaria.
"The world faces a clear choice. If we invest relatively small amounts, many more poor farmers will be able to feed their families." —Bill Gates, 2012 Annual Letter
"When it come to global health, Bill and I are optimists—but we're impatient optimists. Tremendous progress is being made. But there is still so much we're impatient to see done." —Melinda French Gates
In Senegal, 80% of households now have a bed net, helping the number of malaria cases there drop 50% in a single year.