[dotancohen]

A friend of mine once retitled a similar headline "U.S. Malaria Donations create an additional 2M starving Africans". I'll not add _my_ opinion of the matter, but I would love to see intelligent discussion on the matter. Is saving lives from disease just putting these same people on the path to starvation?

[ckarmann]

No, because at the same time, starvation is decreasing even though population is increasing. It's not a problem of too many people.

You don't create a self-sustainable economy by destroying human capital.

[ksangeelee]

No, saving lives from disease is removing obstacles to their survival.