Grand Challenges in Global Health

Bill Gates announced a $200-million medical research initiative--the Grand Challenges in Global Health at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan 26, 2003. The initiative was proposed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on the assumption that, with greater encouragement and fund...

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Published in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 2003-10, Vol.302 (5644), p.398-399
Main Authors: Varmus, H., Klausner, R., Zerhouni, E., Acharya, T., Daar, A. S., Singer, P. A.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Behavioral Sciences
Capacity Building
Conferences, meetings and seminars
Economic aspects
Environmental Influences
Epidemiology
Executive committees
Funding
Gates, Bill
Grants
Immunology
Infectious diseases
Initiatives
Insect genetics
International aspects
Medical cures
Medical research
Medical Services
Medicine, Experimental
Policy Forum
Population genetics
Professional Training
Public Health
Science
Scientists
Technology
Vaccination
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Summary:Bill Gates announced a $200-million medical research initiative--the Grand Challenges in Global Health at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan 26, 2003. The initiative was proposed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on the assumption that, with greater encouragement and funding, contemporary science and technology could remove some of the obstacles to more rapid progress against diseases that affect the developing world.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.1091769