In Hyderabad, I saw how improvement in crop production helps poor farmers.

In India toilets are saving lives and boosting the economy.

A group of Indian health workers is helping poor women gain financial independence by raising goats.

An ID can help improve the lives of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people.

They’ll be saving 14,600 lives every day.

This technologist changed his career to help the poor.

Technology is transforming agriculture and the fight against poverty.

More people have accounts than ever. Here’s what we need to do next.

In Kenya, I visited with a smallholder farmer using new tools and practices to fight back against climate change.

I visited a warehouse in Tanzania that was filled with a magical innovation that can lift millions out of poverty.

More than 670,000 children die from pneumonia every year. A new vaccine could save many lives.

For the last 25 years, Dr. Firdausi Qadri has advocated for an affordable vaccine to save lives from cholera.

These innovations are helping deliver vaccines to the most remote places on earth.

Ruth Bishop’s research uncovered a virus that was killing half a million children a year.

By investing in R&D, I know it will be possible to discover new innovations that will make TB a disease of the past.

We’ve finally moved into the next phase of the fight against tuberculosis.

19 million people who would have otherwise been paralyzed are now walking today thanks to heroes like Shumaila Rehmani.

I can’t think of a more important moment than right now in the fight against polio.

The Abdool Karims revolutionized the fight against AIDS. Now they’re helping the world tackle COVID-19 too.

She’s a statistician who faced impossibly long odds.

A lot has changed since the last time I spoke on the TED stage.

Everyone can step up commitments to end this pandemic and prevent the next one.

These mosquitoes are allies in the fight against dengue and other deadly viruses.

Mosquitoes love blood, but did you know they have an even bigger sweet tooth?

One of my heroes, the late Dr. Paul Farmer, in his own words.

Last month we caught up with Paul Farmer, a hero of global health.

One of the things I’ve learned working in global health and development is that when people in poor countries get enough food to eat, their health improves and they are less susceptible to disease. The Man Who Fed the World is a biography of Norman Borlaug, a brilliant agricultural scientist who understood this and saved a billion people from starvation.

A new mother writes about the world of vaccines.