(Seattle, WA, May 3, 2022) – In his urgent, authoritative new book HOW TO PREVENT THE NEXT PANDEMIC (Alfred A. Knopf, May 3, 2022), Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical—and accessible—plan on how to prevent the next pandemic to avoid another global health catastrophe.

Bill Gates has spent 20 years understanding and improving global health by closing the gap in health outcomes between rich and poor countries and has seen the progress that’s possible because of human ingenuity, innovation, increased investment in global health and strong partnerships with countries. With the help of global health experts, he has created a clear plan which prioritizes an equitable approach to end this pandemic, end other deadly infectious diseases and prevent the next pandemic. In this book, he not only explains this plan but outlines how inaction and inequitable choices led the world to this point.

He gives us a clear-eyed description of the challenges the world faces if governments, private sector and NGOs do not prioritize taking actions now. Drawing on his background in global healthcare, he details why we cannot afford another pandemic and calls on global leaders to get behind this equitable approach to global health.