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Bill Gates because of the tremendous impact his foundation is making on global health. He has led the world to focus more on major health problems, such as malaria, that have long plagued the poor on our planet. His philanthropy is quietly improving the lives of millions in developing countries...
...MALARIA It was a big year for progress against the anopheles mosquito and the malaria parasite it carries. Eradicated in North America 50 years ago, the disease continues to plague the developing world, killing an estimated 1 million people a year, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa. But there were several promising developments in 2005, including a huge influx of research money from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and a pilot project to contain the disease in one African country (see "Zambia"). The best news may be the results of a study of the experimental vaccine developed by GlaxoSmithKline called...
...next few years. With a $35 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the country has launched Africa's first nationwide antimalaria initiative, with a three-year plan to get bed nets, medicines and indoor insecticides to 80% of the population. The goal is to reduce deaths from malaria 75% and to show the rest of the world--including donor countries-- that malaria can be contained using low-cost tools that are readily available...
...Your report on the courageous efforts of common citizens around the world to fight appalling diseases in the poorest countries [Nov. 7] should be required reading for all. I especially recommend it to members of Congress. Instead of funding pork-barrel projects, why not finance completion of the malaria vaccine? As a health-care worker, I was astonished to read how far development of the vaccine has progressed. We have a golden opportunity to eliminate the disease from the causes of human misery, and we would be criminally negligent to let this opportunity pass. Janet Crain Lake Wales, Florida...
...illnesses Your report on the courageous efforts of common citizens around the world to fight appalling diseases in the poorest countries [Nov. 7] should be required reading for all. I especially recommend it to members of Congress. Instead of funding pork-barrel projects, why not finance completion of the malaria vaccine? As a health-care worker, I was astonished to read how far development of the vaccine has progressed. We have a golden opportunity to eliminate the disease from the causes of human misery, and we would be criminally negligent to let this opportunity pass. Janet Crain Lake Wales, Florida...