COVID-19 may cause Gates Foundation to fall short on reaching ambitious 2030 goals

The exterior of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
is seen on May 4, 2021 in Seattle, Washington.
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The effects from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has noticeably slowed the progress of the Gates Foundation on reaching its ambitious 2030 goals to achieve a better world. 

"Most goals have now been moved off track," Gates Foundation CEO Mark Suzman told Yahoo Finance ahead of the foundation releasing its annual Goalkeepers report. The Gates Foundation — the largest private foundation in the world — is co-chaired by Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his former wife Melinda French Gates.

The Goalkeepers overview is akin to an annual report card for the foundation on attaining its 17 goals that were set in 2015, well before the pandemic. They include meaningfully improving financial inclusion for the poor, increasing access to sanitation in emerging countries, ending climate change and eradicating extreme poverty for all people everywhere.  

By Brian Sozzi.

Full story at Yahoo News.