I studied health economics a bit, and the article does a really good job of covering all the bases. This really isn't a question that can be answered with gran

I studied health economics a bit, and the article does a really good job of covering all the bases. This really isn't a question that can be answered with grand theories e.g. "Just give them money", "Africa needs low tech solutions" or "White people always create more problems" (actually the first theory might be true, I just haven't seen much specific evidence regarding malaria). A summary of the background facts are - Malaria is a big problem. - Mosquito nets prevent malaria - It's hard to get people to use mosquito nets. I think the key takeaways from the article are that (1) the proponents of mosquito nets aren't convinced that the scale of this problem is big enough to offset the overall positive effect of free mosquito nets. But (2) critics of mosquito nets suspect that proponents have too much psychologically (and financially?) invested in the mosquito net solution to consider alternatives. E.g. this interesting quote: >Dr. Lehman, the American physician on Lake Tanganyika, wonders if there might be better malaria solutions for waterside communities. Specially treated wall coverings? Custom-fit window screens? “Why is this question not being asked?” she said, a bit exasperated. “Is it that we don’t really want to know the answer?”