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Published online 31 January 2006 |
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| doi:10.1038/news060130-5
Corrected online: 3 February 2006
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Heavyweights act to tackle the 'big three' diseases
Cash thrown and plans hatched to beat down malaria, tuberculosis and HIV.
A spotlight has been cast on the health burdens of tuberculosis (TB), malaria and HIV this month, thanks to two influential meetings with high-profile participants.
Politicians, celebrities and scientific experts at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, which concluded last weekend, and at a UN Millennium Project meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, this week, threw their weight behind plans to bring these and other neglected diseases under control.
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