Malcolm Gladwell
Journalist, Author
"There will be statues of Bill Gates across the Third World. There's a reasonable shot that - because of his money - we will cure malaria."
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Malaria
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Denis Johnson
Author, Poet
"I didnt finish the stories until we went to the Philippines and I got malaria. I couldnt work and I didnt have any money, but I had seven stories. So I wrote three or four more."
Bill Gates
Business Magnate, Philanthropist
"The malaria parasite has been killing children and sapping the strength of whole populations for tens of thousands of years. It is impossible to calculate the harm malaria has done to the world."
Bill Gates
Business Magnate, Philanthropist
"The year I was born, 1955, the first big disease-eradication program in the world was declared for malaria. After about a decade of work, they realized that, at least in the tropical areas, they did not have the tools to get it done."
Bill Gates
Business Magnate, Philanthropist
"For Africa to move forward, you've really got to get rid of malaria."
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"Well the Global Fund, because of how well it's worked on not only AIDS, but also malaria and tuberculosis, I'd say it's well accepted. I mean, it's not politically controversial that this is a great humanitarian effort. But budgets are very very tight."
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"We got a malaria initiative, really a phenomenal time, even though in the early stages there was some uncertainty. Then of course [Barack] Obama, although he had budget constraints, he believed in these things; a lot of new initiatives, including in agriculture."
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"AIDS today in Africa is claiming more lives than the sum total of all wars, famines and floods and the ravages of such deadly diseases as malaria ... We must act now for the sake of the world."
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