The Gates Foundation announces a budget of $8.3 billion for 2023, the largest since its inception
CTOnews.com, January 17-Mark Mark Suzman, CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, announced in his annual letter today that the Gates Foundation's budget will be raised to $8.3 billion in 2023, an increase of about 15 per cent over annual expenditure in 2022 to continue to fight poverty, disease and inequality around the world. It is reported that this is the largest annual budget since the establishment of the Gates Foundation.
■ Chuck Sussman watches a demonstration of medical applications at Veerangana Awanti Bai Women's Hospital in India. Photo Source: Gates Archives / Mansi Midha Sussman said in his annual letter that since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, the world has faced multiple crises, and progress towards the United Nations sustainable development goals has stalled or even retrogressed. Wars, economic shocks, climate disasters and a sharp decline in vaccination against preventable infectious diseases have all taken a heavy toll on the world's poorest people. Against this backdrop, the Gates Foundation board approved the largest annual budget in the foundation's history, an increase of 15% over projected spending in 2022.
"this is the most difficult time for global health and development in some time, but on the other hand, that's why the foundation exists," Sussman said. to help meet people's needs, we are redoubling our core mission: to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to live a healthy and productive life. "
In his annual letter, Sussman also mentioned cooperation with China to eliminate malaria. "We have also helped some countries share their experiences-for example, China eliminated malaria at home." now sharing its expertise with African countries-we also help other countries strengthen their measurement systems and analytical capacity so that they can use data to develop malaria interventions according to local conditions. "
The Gates Foundation Beijing representative office said that at present, Africa bears more than 90% of the global malaria burden, but the gap in antimalarial demand is still huge. China has officially obtained the malaria-free certification of the World Health Organization in 2021, and has accumulated a wealth of experience in the 70 years of malaria elimination, whether in the innovation of drugs and tools, or in the exploration of disease prevention and control models. To this end, the Gates Foundation has been supporting a number of Chinese partners to carry out artemisinin research and industrialization, explore new models of malaria control and apply them to Africa according to local conditions.
