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Nature 451, 1051-1052 (28 February 2008) | doi:10.1038/4511051a; Published online 27 February 2008
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The billion-dollar malaria moment
Mark Grabowsky1
- Mark Grabowsky is at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, 8 Chemin de Blandonnet, 1214 Vernier, Geneva, Switzerland.
Abstract
For years the global malaria effort has been asking for more resources. Now the field needs to figure out a systematic strategy for spending the money effectively, says Mark Grabowsky.
Several years ago, I was explaining the value of a measles-vaccination campaign to a doctor at a paediatric hospital in northern Uganda, where, at that time, measles was endemic. The proposed campaign would control the disease and potentially enable the hospital to close the measles ward.
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