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Q & A with Bill Gates
Bill Gates and his foundation have spent more than 1 billion to fight malaria, putting a little-known disease back in the public consciousness. Now the man who revolutionized computing hopes his next big launch will be the world’s first malaria vaccine
Q: The technical side of developing a vaccine is so complicated, but then so are the of getting it out to people. What have you learned about that side of the equation?
A: The of getting a malaria vaccine out… it’s hard. But malaria is very recognized disease.
The demand side on this one will be very high. Vaccination can work even in places where there’s not a lot of . The understanding of the disease is very high amongst people who live in Africa. [And unlike AIDS] it’s out in the open.
Q；What is it that you want to contribute most to malaria in the end?
A: Well, to get the disease burden to be extremely low. If you can reduce the 200 million malaria episodes a year-a million deaths a year-the impact that has just in and of itself is . I’m just hopeful we can have a huge impact on this disease, by bringing the right people in, by getting a lot more money into it and tapping into some private-sector actors.
This is the time period when malaria can largely be conquered, and we’ll just keep trying. We’re five years into it and things, I’d say, have gone very well.
Vocabulary Focus
side of the equation (n phr) ---one part of a difficult problem which can only be understood if all the different influences are considered
out in the open (adv phr) ---no longer secret
in and of itself (adv phr) ---with respect to something’s fundamental nature
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