Reuters —

The Gates Foundation will spend $2.5 billion by 2030 on women’s health, it said Monday, with founder Bill Gates saying the area, including conditions from preeclampsia to menopause, had been neglected for too long.

The investment is among the foundation’s first big commitments since Gates announced earlier this year that he would give away his $200 billion fortune by 2045. The investment is also around one-third more than the foundation spent on women’s and maternal health research and development over the last five years.

“Women’s health continues to be ignored, underfunded and sidelined. Too many women still die from preventable causes or live in poor health,” Gates said in a statement . “That must change.”

The work will look at deeply under-researched areas that affe

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