Bill, Melinda Gates help to fight malarial scourge

According to the web site, the money will be used to fund traditional remedies based on wormwood.

The female of the species is deadlier than the male, and the insect that passes on the fluke needs to feed on human blood to generate eggs. So it's not really the mosquito's fault.

But the fluke carried in the female mosquito's saliva remain a scourge in many parts of the world still, bringing people down and killing them in a dreadful manner.

So the Gates Family is to be applauded for this move, big time.

In certain parts of Gujarat, India, another species of mosquito passes on the dreadful disease elephantiasis, so named because it can turn a leg into a terrible thick misshapen thing.

The CNN story is here. µ