Program areas at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Global development - in-country polio eradication programs; convene grantees to promote collaboration, improve programs & strengthen the grantee network; supply chain improvement studies in multiple countries; assist organizations in developing innovative financing mechanisms & pricing strategies to improve global access to vaccines, essential medicines and diagnositcs and family health products; support grantees in creating plans for introducing health care & vaccination programs & for responding to widespread health crises & pandemics; assist in strenthening primary healthcare systems; improve nutrutional foods and interventions; polio gps tracking and analysis; strategic project management; strategy support; evaluation, communication and advocacy support.
Global health - discovery, development, and delivery of high impact global health interventions. Engage with non-profit, public, and commercial partners to identify novel platforms, processes, and techniques that accelerate the timeline, reduce cost, and reduce risk for introduction of new and affordable vaccines, medicines, diagnostics, and devices for diseases of high burden in the developing world. Advise global health grantees in developing impactful advocacy and communications strategies. Convene global health grantees to share research findings, innovations, and best practices in numerous areas of global health and medicine.
Global growth & opportunity - develop and implement new technologies that will increase the efficiency, efficacy, & affordability of emptying pit latrines & septic tanks; convene grantees to promote collaboration, improve programs & strengthen the grantee network; support discovery studies and development plans on agricultural value chains for livestock & crops; understanding and improving financial markets and digital services in multiple countries; understanding and development of pathways to accelerate progress for women and girls; strategic project management; strategy support; evaluation, communication and advocacy support.