The reason that the Millennium Development Goals are feasible is that powerful existing technologies give us the tools to make rapid advances in the quality of life and economic productivity of the world’s poor. Illness and deaths from malaria can be reduced sharply by using insecticide-treated bed nets to stop the mosquitoes that transmit malaria, and by effective medicines when the illness strikes.
千年发展目标可以实现的原因在于现有的技术力量赋予了我们迅速提高贫困国家生活质量和经济生产率的强大武器。疟疾引发的疾病和死亡能够大幅度减少，方法是使用经过杀虫处理的蚊帐来防止蚊虫叮咬，以及在疾病流行时使用有效药物进行医治。非洲对抗疟疾需要的总开支大约在每年20到30亿美元。