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Published online 18 December 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news061218-1
Corrected online: 20 December 2006

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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.

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