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Originally published by Capital Newstop
October 4, 2025
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Bill Gates: I’m Still Optimistic About Global Health
To save as many children as possible, I'm urging leaders to increase health funding. But say they simply sustained current levels. What would happen? Our foundation worked with the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington to find out—and the r..
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Bill Gates, in an article originally on Time.com, expresses his continued optimism about global health progress despite current funding challenges, urging world leaders to prioritize investments in child health.
- Child mortality has been cut in half since 2000, from over 10 million children dying before age five to less than 5 million today.
- Bill Gates plans to give away virtually all his wealth, doubling the Gates Foundation's giving to over $200 billion in the next 20 years.
- New health innovations, such as maternal vaccines, long-acting HIV treatments, and malaria eradication methods, could further halve child deaths in the next 20 years if adequately funded.
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