Tuesday, November 01, 2005

Malaria vs Cancer: Which disease gets more research

Malaria kills around 2000 (A huge number!) african children every day and accounts for three percent of all the productive years of life lost to diseases. It is a pity that it only gets one-third of one percent of the total amount of money spent on medical research. One big reason is because if africa is an under-developed country and most people dont care! More money is spent on researching diseases that attack the so-called rich people in the world because they provide the money!

It makes me wonder if mankind is evolving at all? Are we really looking for the welfare of human beings in the world or are we after our selfish goals?

One good news is that atleast one technocrat, namely, Bill Gates recently donated 258 Million dollars for Malaria research through his foundation (link) . Well, I am happy to hear that there a few sane rich people around in the world too! :)

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