The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced a $2.5 billion commitment through 2030 to support women's health initiatives, marking its largest funding pledge in this area. The foundation plans to invest in various projects aimed at addressing neglected and underfunded conditions affecting women, including preeclampsia and menopause. This initiative comes amid reductions in U.S. government funding for women's health, vaccine efforts, and international development. Bill Gates highlighted the longstanding neglect of women's health issues and emphasized the foundation's focus on closing gaps by funding research and innovations. The foundation's gender equality division president, Anita Zaidi, noted the investment targets regions with scarce resources and high disease burdens to benefit more women globally. The funding will support dozens of approaches to improve women's health and aims to correct the disparity where only 1% of medical research is dedicated to women.