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Originally published by Capital Newstop
September 23, 2025
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Bill Gates Urges Leaders to Resist Health Aid Cuts and Scale Innovations to Save Millions of Children as UNGA gets underway
Gates unveiled a $912 million pledge to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria’s 2026-2028 replenishment and urged governments to “do more with less” by sustaining proven initiatives and scaling affordable lifesaving technologies. - Kenya breaking news | Ke..
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At the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Bill Gates urged world leaders to resist cuts to global health aid and scale innovations to prevent millions of child deaths. He warned that despite two decades of progress, recent funding trends threaten to reverse gains in child survival.
- Bill Gates pledged $912 million to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria’s 2026-2028 replenishment.
- Global development assistance for health dropped 21 percent between 2024 and 2025 to a 15-year low.
- The Gates Foundation presented a roadmap to halve child deaths by 2045, emphasizing renewed investments in the Global Fund and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, protecting primary healthcare, and investing in breakthrough innovations.
- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez received the 2025 Global Goalkeeper Award for increasing Spain’s contributions to global health initiatives.
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