Bill Gates talks about malaria & DDT
Just watched an interesting video of Bill Gates presenting at a TED conference in America this month. He is talking about two ongoing societal challenges that he is passionate about. The first is malaria; he talks through the facts and the solutions with some interesting statistics, and the second is on education and what makes a great teacher. Worth a watch.
Further reading on The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (www.aei.org) New Insecticides Are Crucial in Battle Against Malaria, by Roger Bates, February 19, 2009
http://www.aei.org/publications/filter.all,pubID.29421/pub_detail.asp
Helen
[...] stance on global warming, there is little doubt that he exhibited substantial political courage in espousing malaria control with DDT. That’s essentially why I was/am disappointed by his posting that set me off on this [...]