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After languishing for decades in the scientific backwaters, malaria research is suddenly being swept into the mainstream. International finance and aid organizations have declared malaria a global health priority, and money is beginning to pour in. ... And funding agencies are finally beginning to plug a critical gap: a lack of research and medical capacity in developing countries where malaria exacts its deadly toll. ... " True, malaria has long received funding from a few deep-pocketed organizations, like the U. ... Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta also had a powerful mandate to be involved: Fighting malaria is precisely what CDC was created for in 1946. ... National Institutes of Health (NIH) broke the $1 billion mark in 1991, for example, NIHs investment in malaria was just over $10 million. ... The World Health Organization (WHO) has set an ambitious goal of cutting malaria deaths in half by 2010 (see sidebar on p. ... In major speeches, President Clinton has thrown his support behind efforts to develop a malaria vaccine.
Approximate Word count = 814
Approximate Pages = 3.3
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