President’s Malaria Initiative Contributing To ‘Major Progress’ Against…

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In this post in The Hill’s “Congress Blog,” Kent Campbell, director of the Malaria Control Program at PATH, and Jonathon Simon, chair of the Department of International Health and director of the Center for Global Health and Development at the Boston University School of Public Health, write that “major progress has been made in the fight against malaria, thanks in large part to the efforts of the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI),” and call the effort “a shining example of the profound impact the U.S. is making in global health.” They highlight a “recent external review of the first five years of its work,” which “shows substantial progress toward PMI’s goal of cutting malaria deaths by half in 15 African countries.”

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Posted by Kaiser GH Update on Aug 8 2012. Filed under Kaiser's Global Health Update, Malaria. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry