The role of prevention in assuring good health, sadly, is often overlooked. It isn’t as glamorous as finding a cure for AIDS or as profitable as the cash that flows in from treatment. Having or not having clean water means the difference between life and death in vulnerable populations the world over.

WiRED’s board and volunteers are deeply saddened by the death of Dr. Richard Gilbert on January 6. Dr. Gilbert was a founding member of WiRED’s board and a long-standing supporter of our community health programs abroad.