The Gates Foundation is committing to spend $2.5 billion through 2030 to advance more than 40 promising innovations to improve women’s health outcomes — a one-third increase on its investments in the past five years.
This latest funding commitment builds on the philanthropic foundation’s decades of investments in global health that benefit women and children. For years, it has invested significantly in lifesaving innovations, including new contraceptives, portable diagnostic tools, and micronutrient supplements.
This is the foundation’s largest investment in women’s health research and development, although still short of what’s needed, according to Dr. Anita Zaidi, president of the gender equality division at the Gates Foundation.
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Jenny Lei Ravelo@JennyLeiRavelo
Jenny Lei Ravelo is a Devex Senior Reporter based in Manila. She covers global health, with a particular focus on the World Health Organization, and other development and humanitarian aid trends in Asia Pacific. Prior to Devex, she wrote for ABS-CBN, one of the largest broadcasting networks in the Philippines, and was a copy editor for various international scientific journals. She received her journalism degree from the University of Santo Tomas.
