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These reports explore the landscape of research leadership in Africa and India, based on interviews with more than 600 researchers and research leaders.

Discover why targeting super pollutants like methane, black carbon, and ozone is key to rapid climate action and better public health.

Centres for Exchange aims to find and share better ways for communities most affected by health challenges to inform health research.  

Scientists are developing technology to create the first synthetic human chromosome. The ability to write large genomes could transform our understanding of human health.…

Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by parasitic worms and transmitted through freshwater snails. It affects 250 million people globally, yet despite its…

This Statement explains how, and on what legal basis, we collect, store, and use personal information about you as: a visitor to Wellcome Collection, our offices and our…

Wellcome's Jeremy Knox responds to the closure of the Fleming Fund, a major UK aid programme to tackle antimicrobial resistance

A rise in antimicrobial resistance is causing the spread of drug-resistant infections. These infections are harder (if not impossible) to treat, and cause over a million…

The Climate and Health Committee Pool consists of a pool of experts who Wellcome can call upon to sit on committees for funding calls in this area as they occur.

The Mental Health Committee Pool consists of a pool of experts who Wellcome can call upon to sit on committees for funding calls in this area as they occur.

A roadmap to making lifesaving monoclonal antibody treatments affordable and available, particularly to those living in low- and middle-income countries. 

Jeremy Knox, Head of Infectious Disease Policy at Wellcome, responds to announcement of a WHO Pandemic Agreement

A reimagined global health system can shift the focus from charitable goals to local priorities. John-Arne Røttingen, CEO at Wellcome, shares the urgent need for reform and…

This report explores how vaccines can help reduce antimicrobial resistance (AMR), summarising new evidence from 11 Wellcome-funded projects and outlining what’s needed to…

The Wellcome Photography Prize 2025 commissioned 17 young people from Khayelitsha, Western Cape, South Africa empowering them to explore health and wellbeing in their…

The UK government’s finance minister has set out the country’s spending plans until 2030. What do they mean for research? Martin Smith, Head of Policy Lab at Wellcome,…

Wellcome's Madeleine Thomson responds to a new joint report from WHO and WMO on the health impact of climate change-driven heat stress on workers

An international collaboration of scientists has shared the first detailed map of brain activity in decision-making in mice. The resource is open to all and could lead to new…

A Nobel-winning scientist of great modesty and humour, John Gurdon died on 7 October. He made a discovery that opened up the field of cloning research, and created one of the…

Discovering and then bringing new antibiotics to market is a tricky challenge – but one we need to solve if we want to be better protected against the growing threat of drug…