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.)

Bill Gates: Mosquitos, malaria and education

Mosquitos, malaria and education

Innovative bed nets and DDT spraying have halved malaria deaths, offering a blueprint for eradicating the disease globally.

Engaging students with dynamic teaching methods, as seen in KIPP schools, drastically increases college attendance among the poorest.

Investments in scalable teacher quality improvement could bridge the education gap between the U.S. and top-performing nations.