More public money should also be spent on the search for new treatments, to tackle drug-resistant strains of the disease, and to find a vaccine. The latter quest depends far too much on a single (generous) donor, Bill Gates.
from:
Malaria
Africa's other plague
May 1st 2003
>From The Economist print edition
>From The Economist print edition
Mikhail Gambarian
Jason DeBacker wrote:
Why don’t more people give more money to charity? If you asked someone if they would rather see $50 used to feed a child for a month or on another month cable TV (or whatever), I can’t imagine someone not saying that the child should be fed. But almost no one gives $50 a month to charity and many give that to watch cable television (or spend it on other “frivolous” purchases).Why does this happen? A few possible reasons: - The history of charitable money getting into the wrong hands has scared people from donating. - There is some kind of market failure (a la the story of the woman being attacked while the whole block watched and no one stopping it or calling the police). - People really don’t care about helping someone else, but are ashamed to admit that. - People just don’t think about donating. Regards, Jason DeBacker
