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Melinda Gates Pledges $215M for Women’s Health

Melinda French Gates said she will give another $215 million to help women worldwide get better access to contraception, better maternal care, and help older women learn about menopause. It takes her total giving for women’s health to just over $600 million in the last two years.

As the founder of Pivotal, which focuses on saving people’s lives, she said “women’s health matters because women make up half the population but only get 2 % of private health‑care funding.” She wants to fill the gaps that governments have left.

$40 million to Co‑Impact, a program that adds mental‑health support to maternity and primary care in Africa.
$10 million to The Menopause Society, expanding education for doctors in the U.S. where 6,000 counties lack menopause‑trained clinicians.

She hopes other donors, and governments, will step up too. “We’re sending a signal that this is now a priority,” she said.

The funding comes as medical research cuts earlier in the U.S. have left menopause underfunded – she hopes the new money will bring a “significant shift” in attention.

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