Lest anyone think to run the headline numbers in the article [1] and think each child was saved at the cost of $2,058.82 USD across 7 years, the study cited in the article only looked at the 0-5 years cohort, and did not examine any other age cohorts.<p>The President's Malaria Initiative web site's About page [2] shows the extent of their program's impact upon lives protected by various measures they introduced. I imagine there might be manifold beneficial impacts upon the developed world as well, because the anti-mosquito-oriented measures do not distinguish between malarial versus Zika-bearing mosquitoes, and Zika is particularly economically debilitating in the developed nations.<p>[1] <a href="http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=(500000000*(2017-2010))%2F1700000" rel="nofollow">http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=(500000000*(2017-2010))...</a><p>[2] <a href="https://www.pmi.gov/about" rel="nofollow">https://www.pmi.gov/about</a>
i've donated nets in the past, but I wonder if they ended up being used for fishing instead.<p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/25/world/africa/mosquito-nets-for-malaria-spawn-new-epidemic-overfishing.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/25/world/africa/mosquito-net...</a><p>I recently made it to (South) Africa for the first time. It was an incredible trip:<p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BVtyKWylFkt/" rel="nofollow">https://www.instagram.com/p/BVtyKWylFkt/</a><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BVtyq0flJvL/" rel="nofollow">https://www.instagram.com/p/BVtyq0flJvL/</a><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BVty4K8FjBG/" rel="nofollow">https://www.instagram.com/p/BVty4K8FjBG/</a><p>I wish they/we could eliminate the malaria problem.
It's good to see such progress against a major disease. With this, the Gate's programs and others maybe we can hope for the near elimination of malaria in our lifetimes.<p>Fortunately Republican Congress members seem likely to reject[1] Trump's proposed 11% cut to the program[2], even if it seems mostly because it was setup under Bush, not because it is effective.<p>[1] <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-budget-foreign-aid-idUSKBN18J2DC" rel="nofollow">http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-budget-foreign-aid-idU...</a><p>[2] <a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/05/25/529873431/trumps-proposed-budget-would-cut-2-2-billion-from-global-health-spending" rel="nofollow">http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/05/25/52987343...</a>
I don't know if this is a hard/cold way of looking at things, but I want a bang for my back in donating to charity. I've (almost) exclusively give to malaria foundations.<p>Even if you don't want to give, set your Amazon to smile.amazon and it will donate a very small portion of your purchases to the charity of your choice. It may add up to $50-$100 in money given on your behalf over time.
In addition to this article, the profile about Rear Adm. Timothy Ziemer, the guy heading the effort, is also very interesting:
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/21/science/a-quiet-approach-to-bringing-down-malaria.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/21/science/a-quiet-approach-...</a>
We, as humans, have the capability to eradicate mosquitoes, which would in turn prevent the spread of malaria and other mosquito-Bourne illnesses.<p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquito_control#Proposals_to_eradicate_mosquitos" rel="nofollow">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquito_control#Proposals_t...</a>