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Gates Foundation
The world's largest private foundation; its cancer work focuses on HPV vaccination and cervical cancer elimination in low- and middle-income countries.
Also called: Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationBMGF
Overview
Founded in 2000, the Gates Foundation funds global health, development and US education. Cancer is not a core programme, but the foundation is a major force behind the WHO cervical cancer elimination strategy: it co-founded Gavi, which finances HPV vaccination in low-income countries, funded the trials and modelling behind single-dose HPV vaccination, and supports screening and treatment access work in Africa and South Asia. It also funds low-cost diagnostics, hepatitis B vaccination that prevents liver cancer, and data and modelling through the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. Its scale means its choices shape which cancer problems in poorer countries get attention.
Location
Seattle, WA, US
Type
consortium
Website
Newsweek 2026 oncology rank
Not in top 300 listing used
OnCo score
#414 · 12 points (0 Newsweek + 0 NCI + 12 from 6 linked objects) · ranking
- HPV vaccination and cervical cancer elimination (with Gavi and WHO)
- Single-dose HPV vaccine evidence
- Hepatitis B vaccination
- Global health data (IHME)
Bill Gates
Co-founder of the Gates Foundation, Gavi's founding partner and the largest private funder of HPV vaccine access
Vaccine accessCervical cancer preventionGlobal health
The Gates Foundation has committed $4.1 billion to Gavi, the vaccine alliance it helped found in 2000, whose HPV programme had fully immunised nearly 60 million girls against cervical cancer by the end of 2024.
Mark Suzman
Chief Executive Officer
Global health philanthropyDevelopment policy
CEO of the Gates Foundation, the world's largest private philanthropy in global health, including cervical cancer elimination and HPV vaccination.
Trevor Mundel
President, Global Health
Global healthDrug and vaccine developmentInfectious disease
Physician-scientist who leads the Gates Foundation's Global Health division, including its vaccine and product development work.
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