&#62;It would matter to me if someone saved my life from sickness, even if I did die of starvation shortly afterwards.<p>I'm not sure if the money would stretch this far, but what if instead of saving you, the money was spent developing the country in a way that would save 10x more people. Looking at this problem from a personal perspective gets in the way of doing the most good for the most number of people.<p>&#62;I don't understand. By that logic, action is only worthwhile if there is exactly one form of suffering. Surely that can't be right.<p>Or action is worthwhile if it treats multiple forms, which I believe infrastructure development would do.<p>Perhaps I'm wrong and vaccination is the first step in the path to pull the countries out of poverty.