1. Efforts in Improving Global Health Lily Liang April 15 th, 2010 http://www.koze950.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/gates-foundation.png

2. http://www.rotavirusvaccine.org/img-global-distribution-of-rv-mortality.htm “We must make reducing inequality the central priority of our giving.” -Bill Gates

3. Human ingenuity and technology can solve every problem http://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/Pages/bill-melinda-gates-letter.aspx http://www.flickr.com/photos/12142090@N05/1259350439

4. Total assets as of Dec 31 st, 2009: $33.5 billion http://www.healthjockey.com/images/gates-foundation-logo.jpg

5. Foundation must spend all of its assets within 50 years of the last trustee’s death. http://www.demorgen.be/static/FOTO/pe/16/13/8/large_514688.jpg

6. http://twitter.com/Gatesfoundation United States Program Global Development Program Global Health Program http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/30/health/30gates.html http://media.cnbc.com/i/CNBC/Sections/CNBC_TV/CNBC_US/Shows/_Documentaries_Specials/Biography/Slideshows/Gates/Gates_Slide04.jpg

7. http://www.gatesfoundation.org/grants/Pages/overview.aspx Identifies promising projects and financially supports them

8. Short list of organizations they support GAVI Alliance Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative Partners in Health Save the Children http://laborrightsblog.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341bf90b53ef011278feaa5828a4-800wi

9. http://www.busaheba.org/Busaheba/10th%20Issue/Health/images/malaria_special.jpg http://www.biology.ccsu.edu/doan/ProjectHope/Malaria%20red.jpg The goal: eradicate malaria 35 countries  98% of global malaria deaths ~500 million cases, 1 million deaths annually

10. Malaria is preventable and curable

11. Funding increased from $50 million in 1997 to $800 million in 2007

12. Their approach: Giving malaria drugs to developing countries http://www.gatesfoundation.org/global-health/PublishingImages/global-health-overview.jpg

14. Donating mosquito nets, insect repellants, and spray insecticides http://www.ecmaj.com/content/vol182/issue2/images/large/34FFU1.jpeg

15. Develop a safe malaria vaccine by 2025 http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/members/2002/110-12/needle.jpg

16. Number of malaria deaths have dropped significantly Malaria Journal 2006, 5:33

18. Criticisms to the Gates Approach

19. Not helping the already major shortages in hospital staff in primary care http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-gates16dec16,0,3743924.story http://www.gatesfoundation.org/annual-letter/PublishingImages/chart-2-diseases-causing-childhood-deaths.gif

20. 41% of its investments fly against everything they are trying to treat http://www.latimes.com/news/la-na-gatesx07jan07-pg,0,3897572.photogallery

21. Hungry patients are vomiting pills http://blog.lib.umn.edu/chhut001/uthink/malnutrition.jpg “They [Gates Foundation] treat tuberculosis. They don’t treat poverty.” -Paul Farmer

22. Assumes drugs will be the panacea to all problems http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-gatesx7jan07-sg,0,261331.storygallery

23. References 2010 [cited 2010 Mar 28]. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. [Internet]. Seattle, WA: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Available from:. Bhattarai A, et al. 2007. Impact of Artemisinin-Based Combination Therapy and Insecticide-Treated Nets on Malaria Burden in Zanzibar. PLoS :1784-90. Kotler PK, Lee NR. 2009. Up and Out of Poverty. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc. 341 p. McNeil DG. 2010 January. Gates Foundation to Double Spending on Vaccines. New York Times; 1-2.. Nyarango PM, et al. 2006. A steep decline of malaria morbidity and mortality trends in Eritrea between 2000 and 2004: The effect of combination of control methods. Malaria Journal 5(33):1-13. Piller C, Sanders E, Dixon R. 2007 January. Dark cloud over good works of Gates Foundation. LA Times.. Piller C, Smith D. 2007 Dec. Unintended victims of Gates Foundation generosity. LA Times.. Solomon LD. 2009. Tech Billionaires. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers. 146 p.