> I would have thought that the Gates foundation was an excellent example of how to spent money well Spending money on research and development programs with b

> I would have thought that the Gates foundation was an excellent example of how to spent money well Spending money on research and development programs with beneficial public health outcomes sounds good, unless you are a non-Gates backed researcher who has been working in the field for a long time and loses access to clinical facilities, data, and competitive grant funding because you get usurped by an organisation that has more political and economic influence than your NGO.