--- title: Bill Gates Predicts HIV Vaccine by 2030 description: New drugs would significantly impact the global struggle against the virus which has claimed the lives on millions over the past 30 years canonical: https://time.com/3681425/bill-gates-hiv-vaccine/ author: Matt Vella article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-24T15:51:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T03:51:05.227Z article:section: Health og:title: Bill Gates Predicts HIV Vaccine by 2030 og:description: New drugs would significantly impact the global struggle against the virus which has claimed the lives on millions over the past 30 years og:url: https://time.com/3681425/bill-gates-hiv-vaccine/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte0e9229d810841a2/69877bbe55a8596d8ba85725/bill-melinda-gates.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3500 og:image:height: 1969 og:image:alt: Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation gestures next to his wife Melinda French Gates during the session 'Sustainable Development: A Vision for the Future' in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Bill Gates Predicts HIV Vaccine by 2030 twitter:description: New drugs would significantly impact the global struggle against the virus which has claimed the lives on millions over the past 30 years twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte0e9229d810841a2/69877bbe55a8596d8ba85725/bill-melinda-gates.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Bill Gates: HIV Vaccine a Reality by 2030 > Sponsored content. 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Ruben Sprich—Reuters by [Matt Vella](https://time.com/author/matt-vella/) ## Matt Vella Jan 24, 2015 3:51 PM UTC Philanthropist and Microsoft founder Bill Gates believes an HIV vaccine, as well as new intensive drugs to combat the disease, will be available by 2030\. That would significantly impact the global struggle against the virus which has claimed the lives of millions over the past 30 years. Speaking the World Economic Forum in Davos, the billionaire founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said the two “miracles” were within reach. “We’re pretty optimistic in this 15-year period we will get those two new tools,” he said. The Gates Foundation, founded fifteen years ago, spends tens of millions of dollars on medical research. A vaccine is seen as pivotal in preventing new infections, while drug treatments would do away with the need for life-long treatment, he added. \[[The Guardian](http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/jan/24/bill-gates-hiv-vaccine-2030-intense-drugs-aids)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3681425/bill-gates-hiv-vaccine/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3681425/bill-gates-hiv-vaccine/"},"headline":"Bill Gates: HIV Vaccine a Reality by 2030","datePublished":"2015-01-24T15:51:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:51:05.227Z","description":"New drugs would significantly impact the global struggle against the virus which has claimed the lives on millions over the past 30 years","url":"https://time.com/3681425/bill-gates-hiv-vaccine/","keywords":["Davos","HIV","philanthropy"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte0e9229d810841a2/69877bbe55a8596d8ba85725/bill-melinda-gates.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Matt Vella","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/matt-vella/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte0e9229d810841a2/69877bbe55a8596d8ba85725/bill-melinda-gates.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation gestures next to his wife Melinda French Gates during the session 'Sustainable Development: A Vision for the Future' in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos","caption":"Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation gestures next to his wife Melinda French Gates during the session 'Sustainable Development: A Vision for the Future' in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos","creditText":"Ruben Sprich—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/davos/","name":"Davos"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3681425/bill-gates-hiv-vaccine/","name":"Bill Gates: HIV Vaccine a Reality by 2030"}}]}] ```