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How to Change the World One Dead Mosquito at a Time
Public Affairs
September 2011
On Sale: September 6, 2011
256 pages
ISBN: 1610390865
EAN: 9781610390866
Kindle: B005FYF5AG
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Non-Fiction
In 2006, the Wall Street pioneer and philanthropist Ray
Chambers flicked through some holiday snapshots taken by his
friend, development economist Jeff Sachs, and remarked on
the placid beauty of a group of sleeping Malawian children.
“They’re not sleeping,” Sachs told him. “They’re in malarial
comas. A few days later, they were all dead.” Chambers had
long avoided the public eye, but this moment sparked his
determination to coordinate an unprecedented, worldwide
effort to eradicate a disease that has haunted humanity
since before the advent of medicine. Award-winning journalist Alex Perry obtained unique access
to Chambers, now the UN Special Envoy for Malaria. In this
book, Perry weaves together science and history with
on-the-ground reporting and a riveting exposé of the
workings of humanitarian aid to document Chambers’ campaign.
By replacing traditional ideas of assistance with business
acumen and hustle, Chambers saved millions of lives, and
upturned current notions of aid, forging a new path not just
for the developing world but for global business and
philanthropy.
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