A team based in Lusaka and Boston wants to better understand the causes of child mortality in Zambia. As part of their work, they are bridging the gap between scientific research and mental health by offering grief counseling to bereaved parents.

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The short visit to communities in Bihar was a lesson learnt on one key thing: nothing is impossible if people come together to act towards a certain cause. Bihar is witnessing both political will and the people’s commitment on nutrition. The foundation has been laid for achieving better maternal and child nutrition outcomes through the several interventions, and the ripples of transformation are manifesting themselves in every individual’s voice we met. Here’s hoping every voice reverberates through the future and we can truly motor towards a malnutrition-free India!

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The Gates Foundation recently announced that we’re opening a new European office in Berlin, and we are holding our annual Grand Challenges meeting in Germany’s capital city as well. Neither the time nor the place is a coincidence. Germany is an emerging leader in global health. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the World Health Summit, an annual convening of global health leaders hosted by Germany with the co-sponsorship of other European Union nations.

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At the third global Teach to Reach Summit, participants learned how to turn their ideas for how to improve workforce capacity into action.

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Nearly fifteen years ago, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation launched Grand Challenges—a landmark initiative to fund promising early-stage scientific innovations that could prevent, treat and cure diseases in the developing world.

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