Malaria vaccine strategies get boost
Money and research results both on the up.
Christmas came early last week to researchers who aim to conquer malaria — the mosquito-borne disease that kills over a million people every year. In a first-ever summit on the disease at the White House, US President Bush announced an expansion of his Malaria Initiative, which has dedicated an extra US$1.2 billion to cut malaria-related deaths by 50% in targeted African countries within five years. The number of targeted countries has now expanded to fifteen from last year's seven.
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