Melinda Gates Foundation

Harvey Duthie to take up role of chief fundraiser and also university vice-president

When eradication campaign began in 1988, most expected battle to be over by 21st century

In some parts of the world, children’s health has dramatically improved

Stefano Manservisi highlights ‘mismatch’ between precarious work and welfare states

The US administration has presumably been getting its scientific and medical advice from Dr Seuss, the TV show Scrubs and the back of cereal boxes

Innovation hub Infuse aims to be a beacon for tech start-ups looking to scale

Billionaire philanthropist kicks off Reinvented Toilet Expo in China

The latest international study shows that cancers caused by alcohol can take years to develop

Major report on alcohol consumption finds Irish habits are similar to other Europeans

Enterprise Ireland stand demonstrates potential of our country’s growing tech sector

More than 21 million pregnant women carry streptococcus bacteria which used to be thought harmless

Doctored mosquitoes will be released in bid to kill off disease-carrying cousin

Facebook billionaire has pledged to give away most of her wealth in her lifetime

Charity’s new five-year plan to focus on fragile environments and long-term poverty

How much would you fork out to chew the fat with billionaire Warren Buffet?

Says investors need to be ‘more discriminating’

Their profile is changing: techies in their 30s made up half of the most generous US philanthropists last year

Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal al-Saud’s ‘living will’ to go towards variety of global works

‘Nutrition is an investment in our collective future, in the potential of individuals’

Peabody Energy criticised for promoting itself as solution to Africa’s public health crisis

Watching Mr Gates drinking ex-poop wasn’t an exercise in schadenfreude

A tax on wealth is one of French economist Thomas Piketty’s key recommendations for addressing inequality

World’s wealthiest man was responding to an article on philanthropy

German leader tops Forbes list of most influential women, followed by Yellen, Gates

President nominates budget director as new health and human services secretary

Bill Gates, the world’s richest man, decries naysayers who claim world is getting worse

Project expected to go live by the end of March

Why not adopt a ‘Nobel Prize for Innovation’ and create a better way for investors to price a firm’s innovation efforts?

Tanaiste will tell UN general assembly that International Criminal Court should be used

London Briefing: The vote of confidence from the Gates foundation is welcome news for new G4S chief Ashley Almanza as he sets about restoring the company’s reputation

Patty Stonesifer scaled the heights of corporate America but now devotes her time to helping the poor