Bill Gates recently spoke of his philanthropic work at TED. The video below includes the widely-covered release of mosquitoes into the conference room.
In his comments, Gates points out that market forces are not naturally drawn towards solving the problems his foundation is looking at. To solve them a number of elements needs to come together, including:
- Governments: to provide necessary funding
- Communications: to keep the problem visible to maintain interest to keep the funding flowing
- Mathematicians: to develop simulations of the various scenarios to better understand the problem and how solutions impact
- Social scientists: to help explain solutions to those affected so they can understand and then adopt and use correctly and thus realize the benefits
- Drug companies: to apply their expertise in the development of drug-based solutions
A diverse group of participants.
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