How diseases(malaria) affect the world? What is Gates Foundation?

1. About the Bill
and Melinda
Gates
Foundation
Done By: Hartge Ong, Ong
Jing Lin, Hor Jun Le, Kong
Jia Geng, James Lau, Leon
Tan

2. About Malaria
★ Malaria is a female mosquito-borne infectious disease.
★ Over the past few years, it has been a deadly epidemic that has taken many lives,
especially those in southern Africa, with deaths accounting to 1 million people in 2008.
★ This is due to the hot and usually dry climate in Africa, where droughts often happen,
with temperatures reaching 40 degrees celsius.
★ Majority of these deaths were children with an age of not above five. This is because
young children have not yet established any immunity against such a dangerous
disease.

3. Introduction to SE
★ Due to the overwhelming number of deaths caused by malaria and other diseases, a
few organisations have been set up to alleviate this issue, such as the Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation.
★ It was founded in 2000.
★ It works on the belief that “all lives have equal value”
★ The main aims of the foundation is to improve healthcare and reduce extreme poverty
around the world
★ In the USA, it aims to create more educational opportunities and access to information
and technology

4. ★ Launched in 2000
★ Launched HIV/AIDS Prevention Branch in India in 2003.
★ Bill Gates left Microsoft to work at the foundation in 2008.
★ Declared the Decade of Vaccines in 2010, pledging $10 billion over 10 years to
research, develop and deliver vaccines to the poorest countries around the world.
History of their venture

5. Impact of their venture
★ Over the past two decades, tremendous progress has been made towards the
eradication of polio
★ Enabling women to make informed decisions about whether and when to have children
reduces maternal and newborn deaths
★ Reduces hunger and poverty for millions of farming families in Sub-Saharan Africa and
South Asia by increasing agricultural productivity in a sustainable way
★ Reduce number of deaths due to malaria and other diseases in countries in Africa
★ Create opportunities for all children in Washington State to thrive in stable families,
great schools, and strong communities

6. References
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/what-we-do
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/gates-foundation-accused-of-
dangerously-skewing-aid-priorities-by-promoting-big-business-a6822036.html
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/Who-We-Are/General-Information/History