Name: Mosquitos, malaria and education
Uploaded: 2009-02-05T02:24:00Z
Duration: 20 min 3 s
Description: Bill Gates hopes to solve some of the world's biggest problems using a new kind of philanthropy. In a passionate and, yes, funny 18 minutes, he asks us to consider two big questions and how we might answer them. (And see the Q&A on the TED Blog.)

Bill Gates hopes to solve some of the world's biggest problems using a new kind of philanthropy. In a passionate and, yes, funny 18 minutes, he asks us to consider two big questions and how we might answer them. (And see the Q&A on the TED Blog.)

Mosquitos, malaria and education

Solving the world's toughest challenges, from eradicating malaria to transforming education, requires cooperation and innovation that markets alone will not deliver. Malaria still infects 200 million people at any time, but simple tools like bed nets have already cut deaths by over 50 percent in some nations. In education, the difference between a top teacher and an average one can erase the gap between countries in just a few years. Lasting progress happens when communities prioritize the right problems and invest in people who spark change.