( Bill Gates is to fund ￡28m for research...)Bill Gates to Fund ￡28m for Malaria researc,Health

Bill Gates is to fund ￡28m for research in United Kingdom as part of ￡145m package for research programs worldwide for the eradication of Malaria worldwide. Bill Gates along with his Melinda Gates Foundation is going to sponsor three // international projects for malaria eradication over the next five years. Mr. Gates expressed that more research funding is contributed to research of AIDS and cancer, while malaria, which kills millions of children worldwide, has become a forgotten epidemic. He is confident that if we could expand malaria control programs, and invest what's needed in research and development, we can stop this tragedy.

Liverpool School Project:

Liverpool's Innovative Vector Control Consortium (IVCC) Project is granted to the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine that will be funded to work on projects that will look at ways to control the mosquitoes that spread malaria by developing safer, more effective, and longer-lasting insecticides for mosquito control. It will also develop improved bed nets and other insecticide-treated materials, and help health authorities determine how to deploy insecticides and bed nets for maximum impact.

Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI) Project:

The MVI project will receive a grant of ￡60.4m for conducting clinical trial of newly developed Malarial vaccine by GlaxoSmithKline in Mozambique, Africa. The newly developed vaccine is found to protect young children’s from Malaria infection. The vaccine gives protection in 58% of children’s. The grant will help in doing further clinical trials in 10,000 children and check that the vaccine is safe when given with other childhood vaccines, it can be introduced into Africa's immunisation programme by around 2011.

Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) Project:

Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) will be receiving a grant ￡56.1m for developing new malaria drugs. The project would aim at producing a
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