大象传媒

As part of the 大象传媒 World Service Festival, Razia Iqbal speaks to Melinda Gates, co-founder of the Gates Foundation, the world鈥檚 biggest philanthropic organisation.

In a wide ranging discussion, led by five questions sent in by the Heart and Soul audience, Melinda tells Razia how her Catholic upbringing inspired her to try to improve the health and conditions of millions of people of around the world. She goes on to describe how she has had to confront her faith in areas such as contraception and the role of women in order to carry on with her work. Melinda speaks candidly on how recent criticism and misinformation about her and her husband Bill's work with the Covid-19 vaccine rollout has impacted them personally, and gives more details of how they intend to redress the balance between multi-billionaires like them and the poorest people in the world with their pledge to give away the majority of their wealth.