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Efforts in Improving Global Health

Efforts in Improving Global Health. Lily Liang April 15 th , 2010. http://www.koze950.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/gates-foundation.png. “We must make reducing inequality the central priority of our giving.” -Bill Gates.

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Efforts in Improving Global Health

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  1. Efforts in Improving Global Health Lily Liang April 15th, 2010 http://www.koze950.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/gates-foundation.png

  2. “We must make reducing inequality the central priority of our giving.” -Bill Gates http://www.rotavirusvaccine.org/img-global-distribution-of-rv-mortality.htm

  3. Human ingenuity and technology can solve every problem http://www.flickr.com/photos/12142090@N05/1259350439 http://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/Pages/bill-melinda-gates-letter.aspx

  4. Total assets as of Dec 31st, 2009: $33.5 billion http://www.healthjockey.com/images/gates-foundation-logo.jpg

  5. Foundation must spend all of its assets within 50 years of the last trustee’s death. http://www.demorgen.be/static/FOTO/pe/16/13/8/large_514688.jpg

  6. http://twitter.com/Gatesfoundation • United States Program • Global Development Program • Global Health Program http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/30/health/30gates.html http://media.cnbc.com/i/CNBC/Sections/CNBC_TV/CNBC_US/Shows/_Documentaries_Specials/Biography/Slideshows/Gates/Gates_Slide04.jpg

  7. Identifies promising projects and financially supports them http://www.gatesfoundation.org/grants/Pages/overview.aspx

  8. Short list of organizations they support • GAVI Alliance • Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa • PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative • Partners in Health • Save the Children http://laborrightsblog.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341bf90b53ef011278feaa5828a4-800wi

  9. The goal: eradicate malaria 35 countries  98% of global malaria deaths ~500 million cases, 1 million deaths annually http://www.busaheba.org/Busaheba/10th%20Issue/Health/images/malaria_special.jpg http://www.biology.ccsu.edu/doan/ProjectHope/Malaria%20red.jpg

  10. Malaria is preventable and curable

  11. Funding increased from $50 million in 1997 to $800 million in 2007

  12. Their approach: Giving malaria drugs to developing countries http://www.gatesfoundation.org/global-health/PublishingImages/global-health-overview.jpg

  13. Donating mosquito nets, insect repellants, and spray insecticides http://www.ecmaj.com/content/vol182/issue2/images/large/34FFU1.jpeg

  14. Develop a safe malaria vaccine by 2025 http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/members/2002/110-12/needle.jpg

  15. Number of malaria deaths have dropped significantly Malaria Journal 2006, 5:33

  16. Criticisms to the Gates Approach

  17. Not helping the already major shortages in hospital staff in primary care http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-gates16dec16,0,3743924.story http://www.gatesfoundation.org/annual-letter/PublishingImages/chart-2-diseases-causing-childhood-deaths.gif

  18. 41% of its investments fly against everything they are trying to treat http://www.latimes.com/news/la-na-gatesx07jan07-pg,0,3897572.photogallery

  19. Hungry patients are vomiting pills “They [Gates Foundation] treat tuberculosis. They don’t treat poverty.” -Paul Farmer http://blog.lib.umn.edu/chhut001/uthink/malnutrition.jpg

  20. Assumes drugs will be the panacea to all problems http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-gatesx7jan07-sg,0,261331.storygallery

  21. References 2010 [cited 2010 Mar 28]. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. [Internet]. Seattle, WA: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Available from: <http://www.gatesfoundation.org/>. Bhattarai A, et al. 2007. Impact of Artemisinin-Based Combination Therapy and Insecticide-Treated Nets on Malaria Burden in Zanzibar. PLoS :1784-90. Kotler PK, Lee NR. 2009. Up and Out of Poverty. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc. 341 p. McNeil DG. 2010 January. Gates Foundation to Double Spending on Vaccines. New York Times; 1-2. <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/30/health/30gates.html>. Nyarango PM, et al. 2006. A steep decline of malaria morbidity and mortality trends in Eritrea between 2000 and 2004: The effect of combination of control methods. Malaria Journal 5(33):1-13. Piller C, Sanders E, Dixon R. 2007 January. Dark cloud over good works of Gates Foundation. LA Times. <http://articles.latimes.com/2007/jan/07/nation/na-gatesx07>. Piller C, Smith D. 2007 Dec. Unintended victims of Gates Foundation generosity. LA Times. <http://articles.latimes.com/2007/dec/16/nation/na-gates16>. Solomon LD. 2009. Tech Billionaires. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers. 146 p.

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