Originally published November 1 2005
Bill Gates funds malaria research and prevention
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has promised $258.3 million to fund vaccines and mosquito control methods, in the hope of eradicating the malaria epidemic in Africa.
Bill Gates has pledged $258.3 million for research and development to combat malaria, including funding for a test of the world's first vaccine against the mosquito-borne disease.
Reuters reports the Microsoft Corp. founder is providing three grants, via the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Gates says it's a "disgrace" that the world has allowed malaria deaths to double in the last 20 years.
Malaria kills 2,000 African children every day.
The largest of the grants, $107.6 million, will go to a vaccine initiative with GlaxoSmithKline Plc., on late-stage clinical trials of its experimental vaccine, Mosquirix.
Another $100 million will fund the development of several promising new drugs.
A remaining $50.7 million will pay for research to fast-track development of improved insecticides and other mosquito control methods.
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