
A future where scholarship and science improve health and transform lives at scale.
We envision a world where evidence-based policies, programs, and practices drive social change to save lives – millions at a time.

A future where scholarship and science improve health and transform lives at scale.
We envision a world where evidence-based policies, programs, and practices drive social change to save lives – millions at a time.
Institute’S Global Programs
Cross-cutting Gender Equity ↗
rooted in our intersectional approach to global health
Research, Measurement, AND Data Monitoring ↗
driving the global family planning agenda forward
Demographic Futures, Population, AND Environment ↗
projections of climate and population change
Policy, Advocacy, AND Community-building ↗
prioritizing country-led collaborations
Next Generation Leaders ↗
cultivating the next generation of SRHR and gender equity experts
Best Practices Scale Up ↗
committed to locally-led and resourced SRHR programs
RECENT NEWS

Kwame Nkrumah University in Ghana Receives Funding to Facilitate Strategic Leadership Training for Health Systems Transformation
Mastercard Foundation recently funded Kwame Nkrumah University's seminar on health systems transformation over the next five years for participants from the Ghana Health Service. As a William H. Gates Sr. Institute Center of Reproductive Health Excellence, the...

Gates Institute Director Jose ‘Oying’ Rimon to Retire after Distinguished Career Championing Global Health Causes Such as Family Planning and Reproductive Health
Jose G. “Oying” Rimon II, Director of the Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health and Senior Scientist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, has announced his retirement after a notable career spanning more than 40 years.
EVENTS

REGISTER NOW: Demographic Dividend Webinar on Population Changes in Sub-Saharan Africa
The William H. Gates Sr. Institute for Population and Reproductive Health & The Demographic Dividend Initiativeinvite you to the following webinar 🗓️ Monday, 11 December 2023🕑 9:30 AM EST // 2:30 PM GMT💬 English // français📍 via Zoom This edition of the...

Watch Now: World Cities Day 2023 Webinar
Local Governments are Key to Financing a Sustainable Urban Future for All: TCI’s Approach to Mobilizing Local Resources for Family Planning The Challenge Initiative (TCI) and the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) held this conversation on...

World Contraception Day 2023 Recap from Gates Institute
Explore all the events, resources, and videos from Gates Institute celebrating World Contraception Day 2023!
EXPLORE OUR PLATFORMS & PARTNERSHIPS

The Challenge Initiative

Demographic Dividend

Performance Monitoring for Action

International Conference on Family Planning

SMART Advocacy

AYSRHR Global Roadmap for Action

120 Under 40: Next Generation of Family Planning Leaders

PFRH Summer Institute in Data to Policy

Family Planning News Network

Advance Family Planning

Global Health Leadership Accelerator

Reproductive Health Centers of Excellence
Scholarship and Science
Reproductive Health Centers OF Excellence ↗
Empowering leaders, bridging gaps: Advancing population and reproductive health globally
Summer Institute in Data to Policy Bayer Scholars ↗
Designed to equip students with skills needed to understand population-based data and shape policy
Global Health Leadership Accelerator ↗
Intensive two-week leadership training, in the company of some of the brightest minds and most accomplished practitioners in public health
Featured Institute Resource

The Power of Advocacy
Advance Family Planning’s (AFP) impact report, The Power of Advocacy, marks the culmination of 13 years of family planning advocacy across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The report traces AFP’s history, approach, and impact.
Fueled by a diverse network of dedicated advocates, AFP partners achieved 3,454 hard-fought advocacy wins at every level of government, potentially benefiting more than 190 million women of reproductive age since 2009.
AFP mobilized US $185.7 million in funding for family planning since 2012. Over 309 Organizations in at least 42 countries are using AFP’s advocacy approach, SMART Advocacy. There are now at least 677 Individuals with the capacity to use and diffuse SMART Advocacy
The Power of Advocacy report also shares recommendations to maintain and grow family planning advocacy well beyond the life of the initiative, which ends in 2023.
Legacy of W. H. Gates Institute
Honoring William H. Gates Sr.
William H. Gates Sr. has many profound legacies, but the one that resonates most with us is his investment in the vision that created the Gates Institute at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health within the Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health.
A philanthropist, lawyer, and humanitarian, Mr. Gates Sr. had a profound influence in championing causes related to global equity and campaigns to address vaccine-preventable diseases, reduce infant mortality, promote reproductive health, and build schools.
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