Equally important, especially given the pressure on aid budgets, we must protect funding for health and development—programs that save lives, strengthen economies, and help people stay resilient in a warming world. gatesnot.es/3Jru8UO

U.S. funding for global health saves an estimated 3.3 million lives each year. From HIV treatment to malaria prevention, the impact is real and measurable: b-gat.es/3KP8yd6

Affordable, reliable energy has often come at the cost of higher emissions. But geothermal can change that—delivering around-the-clock, low-cost electricity without contributing to climate change.

Health aid is a small piece of America’s foreign aid, which is itself a small piece of the federal budget. In 2023, the US spent less than one percent of the federal budget on lifesaving global health programs: b-gat.es/4l9AyW1

U.S. global health and development aid is estimated to have saved 92 million lives over the past 20 years. We can't afford to let that kind of progress unravel:

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The last 25 years have shown us what’s possible. The next 25 will depend on whether the world keeps showing up for the children who need it most: gatesnot.es/43gTIl5

We have an opportunity to save more lives around the world than ever before—and I want to do even more to help. That's why I'm giving away virtually all of my wealth through the Gates Foundation over the next 20 years.