17602. MALARIA AND THE BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION. Following a brief profile of malaria as a serious health problem affecting millions of people in Africa and other parts of the developing world, this paper looks at contemporary efforts to eradicate the disease, with a special focus on the efforts led by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. KEYWORDS: malaria eradication efforts philanthropy bill gates foundation. Written 2005. MLA Style. 6 pages, 18 footnotes, 6 bibliographic sources. 1,465 words.