Warren Buffett is donating $30 billion to a foundation run by Bill and Melinda Gates. It’s heartening to see the world’s two richest people joining forces to remedy some major world ills.

Much of the funding will be spent on health and education programs. Bill Gates is quoted in USA Today as saying, “There’s no reason we can’t cure the world’s 20 deadliest illnesses.”

I pray that Gates and Buffett understand it takes more than money and drugs to solve world health problems.

The US already has the highest spending per capita for healthcare and much sicker citizens then countries that spend far less per person. Billions of dollars have been spent on disease research over the last century, yet people face more severe and aggressive diseases than ever. One disease is conquered, and a worse one appears in its place. The evidence is unmistakable. It takes more than dollars and chemicals to stamp out disease.

Gates and Buffett are smart business leaders. I’m sure they have a plan in mind yet to be fully revealed. But whatever it is, to bear results that endure, their efforts needs to include an element of spirituality.

A drug may produce a short term effect, but for long term renewal people need improved values, increased morality and even spirituality. People act out and experience life according to the thoughts that govern their lives. The better their thoughts, the better their experience is, including their health.

The world’s 20 deadliest diseases are not going to be cured through monetary spending alone. Health is a state of Mind, the divine Mind expressed through us. The more we learn about this Mind-health relationship, the faster we’ll conquer disease and stay healthy.