Simon Brooker leads a team that works to advance the use of tools and delivery methods for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) to achieve broader global health goals. Before joining the foundation in ...

Tim Herron, Ed.D., leads the Washington State team’s efforts to improve postsecondary enrollment among students who face the highest barriers, by fostering regional partnerships, increasing adoption ...

Leslie Weston is responsible for developing a cohesive strategy for the foundation’s investments in combating neglected tropical diseases. She was previously the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) team ...

Christy Hanson leads a team that invests in product development and operational research to address several neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). She joined the foundation in 2017 and was a deputy ...

A physician and epidemiologist by training, Dr. Jordan Tappero leads a team that focuses on the eradication of Guinea worm disease and the global elimination of lymphatic filariasis, human African ...

Chris Murphy leads the foundation’s state and local government relations work in the United States. Before joining the foundation in 2024, Chris’s diverse career included senior positions in the ...

Since 2000, the death rate for children under age 5 has fallen by an astonishing 51%, in large part thanks to vaccines. It’s easy to take this progress for granted, but I recall how things used to be, ...

Like Veronica, the working mother in the video below, access to quality and affordable childcare is very important to me. It enables me to focus on my job knowing that my child is safe. This is not ...

When a mother dies during childbirth, the future dies with her. The world doesn’t just lose everything she is and will be. We also—all too often—lose her child. The chance of a baby reaching their ...

We are data people, and this is a data report. Sort of. In 2015, leaders from 193 countries agreed to the Sustainable Development Goals—the SDGs. These were big, bold objectives we wanted to achieve ...

The Goalkeepers Report is published every year and charts the progress toward the Global Goals. This year’s report focuses on youth population growth that will affect future world progress. We usually ...

Our organization was founded on a simple premise—that people everywhere, regardless of identity or circumstances, should have the chance to live a healthy, productive life. In 2021, we published our ...