Koragian said the malaria he contracted as a child was easily cured in one week with a two dollar treatment.
He said the panel should have expanded its focus to more easily treatable diseases.
The final audience question asked Summers his opinion on how best to deal with the issue of health professionals leaving developing areas for better pay in industrial countries.
“The only way to address these instances is to create an environment where capital wants to remain,” Summers said.
Audience member Jenny Schuetz, a KSG doctoral student, said she agreed with the panelists but found the panel somewhat one-sided, as all the panelists advocated increasing funding for international health care.
“I would like to hear the opinion of those who are wary of the inefficiencies of foreign aid,” she said.