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
Watch Now: Graduate Training to Relevant Research for Policy and Practice in Global Health
The William H. Gates Sr. Institute for Population and Reproductive Health (WHGI) invites you to watch this webinar delving into the intersection of graduate training and its impact on shaping research for policy and practice in global health. This event features...
WHGI Senior Advocacy Advisor Beth Fredrick Announced as 8th Chair of the Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition
The Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition (RHSC) announced today that Beth Fredrick, William H. Gates Sr. Institute for Population and Reproductive Health’s (WHGI) Senior Advocacy Advisor, has been elected the 8th Chair of the RHSC. Beth’s term officially begins on...
EVENTS
Watch Now: Graduate Training to Relevant Research for Policy and Practice in Global Health
The William H. Gates Sr. Institute for Population and Reproductive Health (WHGI) invites you to watch this webinar delving into the intersection of graduate training and its impact on shaping research for policy and practice in global health. This event features...
W.H. Gates Institute Attends PAA 2024
William H. Gates Sr. Institute (WHGI) affiliates—namely from Performance Monitoring for Action (PMA)—are presenting at the 2024 Population Association of America Annual Meeting (PAA) from 17–20 April 2024 in Columbus, Ohio. Each year, PAA brings together demographers...
Watch Now: Demographic Dividend Webinar on Population Age Structure Changes in Sub-Saharan Africa
The William H. Gates Sr. Institute for Population and Reproductive Health, the Demographic Dividend (DD) Initiative, and the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) invite you to watch the following webinar:Watch the full recording of the February 2024...
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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 Sr. 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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