Malaria Will Be Eradicated In Gates’ Lifetime
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When Bill & Melinda Gates decided to focus much of their efforts on Malaria in 2007, Bill Gates admits they never realized the impact it would have on the global population. In 2000 the number of malaria-related deaths totaled 870,000 per year. In 2016, that number fell to 429,000. Gates predicts that preventative measures, such as bed netting, will continue to reduce those numbers. The 1,000 percent increase in funding to fight the disease is also helping. Adding to the decreasing numbers will hopefully be a new first-generation malaria vaccine that the World Health Organization will begin testing in sub-Saharan Africa in 2018.
