Bill Gates at TED Conference
One of my favorite bookmarked sites now is TED with the tagline: ideas worth spreading (I really love this phrase). It features talks by persons from all fields of human endeavor who are shaping the world now. The TED conference 2009 had Bill Gates (as one of the first speakers) sharing about malaria and education. A departure from his traditional computer and microsoft-speak.
The part on malaria, especially the opening question, “how do you stop a deadly disease that’s spread by mosquitoes?” is very catchy. He then details the disease burden, the drugs being developed, especially the malaria vaccine, and goes on to show the world that the battle is on with his active philantropy for the disease. The verve and enthusiasm are very palpable that even non-medical people will want to have a part on his battle. Well, as for our country, the fight continues with this deadly disease. The basics of its transmission have to be disseminated to every Filipino and measures be taken to reduce its incidence. Easy to say but hard to implement. A lot of public health work remains to be done still.
