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A generation of progress, a choice to make Bill Gates Gates Notes (LinkedIn) December 6, 2025 Click here for the article Summary Bill Gates warns that child mortality is rising for the first time this century, with an estimated 4.8 million children projected to die before their fifth birthday in 2025—an increase of 200,000 from 2024's 4.6 million deaths. 

  Why I’m Still Optimistic About Global Health Bill Gates TIME / LinkedIn, September 23, 2025 Click here for the article Summary Bill Gates argues that despite shrinking budgets for global health, the world has achieved remarkable progress: child mortality has been halved since 2000, and with continued investment and innovation, deaths could be halved again over the next 20 years. Advances in malaria prevention, maternal vaccines, and long-acting HIV treatments show that eradication of major diseases is within reach. Gates stresses that donor countries must sustain or increase funding, while low-income nations need debt relief and stronger domestic prioritization of health. He highlights the Global Fund’s lifesaving impact and pledges $912 million from the Gates Foundation over the next three years. For Gates, the paradox of the moment is clear: funding is shrinking while science is accelerating—but with leadership and commitment, the world can ensure every child grows up heal...

  With Millions of Children’s Lives on the Line, Bill Gates Says Humanity Is at a Crossroads Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Click here for the article Summary At the 2025 Goalkeepers event in New York, Bill Gates urged global leaders to reverse steep health aid cuts and commit to saving millions of children’s lives by 2045.

Shared by Kul Gautam Here is a powerful testimony by Bill Gates to the US Senate Appropriations Committee about the importance of foreign aid health programs, and how cutting aid costs can lead to millions of lives being lost and the risk of the spread of deadly diseases that put Americans and the whole world at risk. What a contrast with the despicable statement by RFK suspending US funding for GAVI on trumped-up charges of not following unproven, exaggerated fringe views on vaccine safety.

Exchange of emails between Kul Gautam and Mukesh Kapila Dear Dr. Kapila, I am not sure if we have met before during our respective careers at the UN. But I have long been an admirer of your leadership, your writings and advocacy, especially on matters concerning global health, human development and humanitarian assistance.

Shared by Kul Gautam  Inspiring Comments by Bill Gates Bill Gates recounts how his parents' teachings about the value of giving, how all lives are equal, and especially his mom often quoting the biblical statement "to who much has been given, much is expected", inspired him. 

 Article shared by Robert Cohen "Will anyone ever give like this again? When Bill and Melinda French Gates established their world-shaping Gates Foundation in 2000, you could say it marked the peak of a certain era of starry-eyed optimism among the world’s private-jet elite."   Click here for the article Summary David Wallace-Wells reflects on the 25th anniversary of the Gates Foundation and Bill Gates's announcement that he will spend 99% of his fortune over the next 20 years, effectively winding down the foundation. The article places this in the context of a broader downturn in global philanthropy and aid, as confidence in technocratic solutions fades and global health gains face increasing threats from geopolitical shifts, rising inequality, debt crises, and donor fatigue. Wallace-Wells contrasts the ambitious legacy of the Gates era with the current erosion of international support, warning that the world's poorest may face worsening conditions as the golden ...

Article shared by Kul Gautam Bill Gates Legacy Congratulations and Gratitude to Bill & Melinda Gates on the 25th anniversary of BMGF.

"The world's worst child health crisis is malnutrition. Climate change is making it even harder to solve. To protect the world’s children from hunger’s worst effects, we must invest in global health." Bill Gates