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  • How to Change the World One Dead Mosquito at a Time
  • By: Alex Perry
  • Narrated by: Ken Maxon
  • Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins

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By: Alex Perry
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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.

©2011 Alex Perry (P)2011 Audible, Inc.

Critic Reviews

"[A] gem of a book…it has an important story to tell, and Mr. Perry tells it with precision and gusto." (The New York Times)
"A book about a campaign to rid the world of malaria may not sound like a riveting read.... But you are soon caught up in the challenges of the campaign and, along the way, you learn a great deal about the labyrinthine world of aid, Africa, business and politics." (Spectator)

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