Re:Gates Makes Largest Donation Since 2000 with $4.6B Pledge
by hopscotch on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @08:48PM
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There is a relatively easy and proven way to eliminate Malaria already:
Malaria was effectively eradicated in all but the poorest areas in the 1950s and 60s through vector management: indoor residual spraying, building better houses, eradicating still water near population centers.
The same can be done in sub-Saharan Africa (the main place it remains). In fact, in the richer areas of these countries, Malaria has a very low prevalence.
It's a disease of poverty. Drugs help, but it's mostly about the vector.
Malaria was effectively eradicated in all but the poorest areas in the 1950s and 60s through vector management: indoor residual spraying, building better houses, eradicating still water near population centers.
The same can be done in sub-Saharan Africa (the main place it remains). In fact, in the richer areas of these countries, Malaria has a very low prevalence.
It's a disease of poverty. Drugs help, but it's mostly about the vector.