Lifeblood: How to Change the World, One Dead Mosquito at a Time - Softcover

Perry, Alex

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1770101462 ISBN 13: 9781770101463

Publisher: Picador Africa, 2011

Synopsis

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 expose 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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Picador Africa
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1770101462
• ISBN 13: 9781770101463
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 219