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2005-11-05 International-UN-NGOs

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Posted by .com 2005-11-05 05:26|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I'm no fan of Gates or Microsoft, but credit is due to him, because he hasn't pushed his money at PC issues, but has concentrated on real healthcare issues like malaria.

Yep, he's an evil bastard, but that doesn't mean he can't do good with his gains.

Posted by phil_b 2005-11-05 07:13|| 2005-11-05 07:13|| Front Page Top

#2 The quickest, cheapest and most effective way to reduce malaria is to spray houses with DDT and use DDT impregnated mosquito nets. And I did not even mention the widespread environmental application of DDT that developed countries used to defeat malaria. Ignoring the most effective weapon against a disease that kills 3 million people, disproportionately children, each year is extremely PC. I say use some of that money to build a DDT manufacturing and packaging facility in Africa and sell the insecticide.

Posted by ed 2005-11-05 08:09|| 2005-11-05 08:09|| Front Page Top

#3 Good for him, its nice to see he's not focusing on stupid crap like most do. Any advances in this area will have a global effect. I hope he continues with it until it's complete.

Posted by 49 pan 2005-11-05 08:53|| 2005-11-05 08:53|| Front Page Top

#4 If you can read this, thank Bill Gates. If you can read this and your business or flat has not been burned to the ground by raging, shithead muzzies... thank a soldier!

Posted by Besoeker 2005-11-05 10:03|| 2005-11-05 10:03|| Front Page Top

#5 If you can read this, thank Bill Gates.

Because Gates invented TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, HTML, and GUI!

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-11-05 12:00|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-11-05 12:00|| Front Page Top

#6 I thought Al Gore invented those...and malaria too

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-11-05 13:10|| 2005-11-05 13:10|| Front Page Top

#7 It's a worthy cause and a noble ambition, but doomed to failure. The real cause of malaria's role in Africa is much the same as is AIDS - grinding poverty, corrupt governments, and rampant tribalism.

Malaria used to be a worldwide problem. The disease was rampant in South and Central America, and even threatened people in the Gulf Coast areas. It was one of the biggest non-military killers of US troops in the Pacific during World War II. My father-in-law still has bouts with his, which he contracted in India. Yet today the disease is primarily known for infecting - and killing - Africans. The Congo alone has more malaria-related deaths than the rest of the entire world, yet there's no nation on earth with more abundant natural resources.

The best solutions to the problems of Africa are education, employment, personal pride, and a sense of belonging. Lack of muslim interference would help a lot, too (I.E., Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone, etc.). Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe is a great example of what NOT to do. If Bill Gates would supply as much money on education, training, fighting for personal property rights, and development of cooperative enterprises, the malaria problem would disapear, along with quite a few other primarily-African problems.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2005-11-05 14:02|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2005-11-05 14:02|| Front Page Top

#8 In the movie Tears of the Sun, Bruce Willis stars as Lt. Waters, a Navy S.E.A.L officer, sent into a war-torn country in Africa to rescue a U.S. citizen. In the midst of tremendous suffering, torture and murder, a priest says: "Go with God". Waters pessimistically replies: "God has left Africa!" I believe he may be right.

Posted by Besoeker 2005-11-05 15:05|| 2005-11-05 15:05|| Front Page Top

#9 One thing is certain: He ain't Soros.

Posted by Regnad Kcin 2005-11-05 17:30|| 2005-11-05 17:30|| Front Page Top

#10 OP your right about Africa, no saving it, but it sure would be nice to have a Malaria shot before deployment like a Tetanus. It could really help the troops.

Posted by 49 pan 2005-11-05 18:03|| 2005-11-05 18:03|| Front Page Top

#11 I hadn't heard that there was anything approaching a useful vaccine. The search for a malaria vaccine has been a black hole for money (The Malaria Capers by Desowitz) with only a toxic brew for results. The BBC reported last April that there was something with 30% effectiveness, but that's not much different from earlier work.

Posted by James">James 2005-11-05 23:15|| http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com]">[http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com] 2005-11-05 23:15|| Front Page Top

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