Sharing things I'm learning through my foundation work and other interests.
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Ken’s incredible generosity will make a huge, lasting impact.
Ken Griffin’s historic gift of more than $3 billion will strengthen Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and establish Carnegie Mellon University Miami, advancing education, discovery and opportunity. #CMUMiami
Read more: cmu.is/griffin
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I appreciated the opportunity to speak with @ezraklein at length about the state of AI. I believe the world isn't awake to the dangers of this technology and the choices humanity has to make. AI will either be the greatest tool for opportunity and equality we've ever seen—or the cause of immense, unprecedented harm. Which way things go is up to us. b-gat.es/4AFZZqC
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We need to put the appropriate AI safeguards and monitoring in place now—to both prevent a loss of control and stop bad actors from using the tech to cause harm. If we minimize the risks, we’ll get to benefit from AI’s immense potential in fields like medicine, education, and agriculture. nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/v…
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Congratulations on an extraordinary career, Warren. I’m lucky to call you my friend and mentor. nyti.ms/475x4OZ
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Thank you for the warm welcome, @ncbn. It’s exciting to witness Andhra Pradesh’s growth being accelerated through AI, technology, and innovations across health, agriculture & education.
Technology must serve humanity. Our Real Time Governance System (RTGS) is transforming lives across Andhra Pradesh - delivering speed in governance & ease of doing business in real time. Grateful for my 1990s meeting with Mr. Bill Gates, which inspired this tech-driven citizen empowerment. Delighted to showcase our RTGS centre today, powered by brilliant young minds, alongside flagship initiatives in education, agriculture & health! #RTGS #DigitalAP
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I’m deeply sad to learn of the passing of Dr. Bill Foege. Bill was a towering figure in global health—a man who saved the lives of literally hundreds of millions of people. He was also a friend and mentor who gave me a deep grounding in the history of global health and inspired me with his conviction that the world could do more to alleviate suffering.
Bill and I often talked together about the future of global health. The legacy of his career is that many of the remarkable developments to come will have his imprint all over them. gatesnot.es/4sZmDqd
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.@fervoenergy is creating energy that’s clean, affordable, reliable, and American-made.
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Learning how many kids were dying from diarrhea back in 1997—when I never worried about it with my own kids—led me to get involved in global health. gatesnot.es/46lTfBz
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Thanks to vaccines, fewer children are dying from preventable diseases around the world. Cutting funding for them would reverse that progress and put millions of children in danger.
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The devastating effects of these cuts are entirely preventable—and it’s not too late to reverse them.
An HIV doctor in Africa, whose work depends on USAID and PEPFAR, sends in a dispatch of the bleak situation now unfolding there
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The facts are simple and devastating: Aid cuts have already cost lives, and the number of deaths will continue to rise. Here’s the evidence.
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Health aid is a small piece of America’s foreign aid, which is itself a small piece of the federal budget. In 2023, the US spent less than one percent of the federal budget on lifesaving global health programs: b-gat.es/4l9AyW1
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According to a @UNAIDS analysis, ending PEPFAR-supported programs for people living with HIV could result in an additional 4.2 million deaths by 2029: b-gat.es/4lbD4Lw
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Since 2000, @gavi has helped get vaccines to 1.1 billion children. The U.S. announced that, after this year, it’s pulling out all its money. If that happens, Gavi estimates that 75 million children will miss vaccinations over the next five years—and of those, 1.2 million children will die.
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A study in the Lancet recently looked at the cumulative impact of reductions in American aid. It found that, by 2040, 8 million more children will die before their fifth birthday: b-gat.es/44wCCQO
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U.S. global health and development aid is estimated to have saved 92 million lives over the past 20 years. We can't afford to let that kind of progress unravel: b-gat.es/4kjSUCG
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There’s never been a point in the past 25 years when more lives hung in the balance. gatesnot.es/4lxznzP
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It's not too late to change course.
Happening now at the Senate Approps hearing on rescissions: @SenatorCollins (R-ME) says PEPFAR "remains a bipartisan priority of Congress" and emphasizes that cutting "funding aimed at preventing disease transmission would be extraordinarily ill-advised and short-sighted."
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In the last 25 years, @gavi has helped over a billion kids live better, healthier lives. Pulling the organization’s funding would have devastating consequences: more sick kids who fall behind in school, more overcrowded hospital wards, and eventually more grieving parents. I’m urging Congress to rethink this decision, fund Gavi, and help save millions more lives.
Today, world leaders reaffirmed their commitment to protecting children from vaccine-preventable diseases, raising $9 billion for @gavi. This reflects strong global confidence in vaccines as one of the most effective investments in global health.
As a founding partner, the @gatesfoundation committed $1.6 billion to support continuing Gavi’s proven impact: 1.1 billion children vaccinated and nearly 19 million deaths averted over the past 25 years.
But Gavi still faces a funding gap—driven in part by the U.S. administration’s intention to withdraw support. If Congress allows this to happen, the consequences will be devastating. Hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of preventable deaths will occur, especially among mothers and children. Science welcomes scrutiny, but it demands evidence, too. And the science is clear: vaccines save lives. Without continued U.S. support for Gavi, far too many lives will be lost.
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