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Funded fecal sludge management systems for urban South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa
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The Gates Foundation invested in fecal sludge management — the safe collection, transport, and treatment of waste from pit latrines and septic tanks — as the practical path to sanitation coverage in cities and towns where sewer networks do not exist and cannot be built quickly enough. Foundation funding supported the development of mechanical sludge emptying equipment, treatment plants sized for informal settlement clusters, and business models making fecal sludge emptying commercially viable. The work catalyzed a global fecal sludge management sector that now operates in over 30 countries.
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June 2026
Melinda French Gates commits an additional $215 million to women's health through Pivotal
Melinda French Gates announced in June 2026 that she would donate an additional $215 million through her organization Pivotal to focus on women's reproductive and midlife health, bringing her total support for women's health to about $600 million over two years. The commitment underscored French Gates's independent philanthropic path since stepping down from the Gates Foundation in 2024 and her focus on areas she has said are chronically underfunded. It came amid broader cuts to U.S. reproductive- and global-health funding.
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Bill Gates publishes the 2026 Gates Foundation Annual Letter, 'Reaching 2045'
Bill Gates published the 2026 Gates Foundation Annual Letter, titled 'Reaching 2045,' framing the next two decades as the Foundation spends down its endowment before closing in 2045. Gates wrote that his optimism now 'comes with footnotes,' questioning whether global generosity will keep pace with rising wealth and whether innovation will be scaled to reduce inequality. He pledged to spend much of 2026 advocating for child-health funding and set a goal of again halving child mortality in the global South by 2045, while voicing both excitement about AI for health and concern about managing its disruption.
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