Salud y sistemas de salud
This is what we need to beat malaria for good
The past decade has demonstrated what can be accomplished when the pieces come together in public health. Malaria presents a striking example of the progress that is possible.
Trevor Mundel
Bachelor's and MD, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa; studies in Mathematics, Logic and Philosophy, and Rhodes Scholar, Balliol College, University of Oxford; PhD in Mathematics, University of Chicago. 2011, joined the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; currently, President, Global Health Program; leads efforts in research and development of health solutions including vaccines, drugs and diagnostics, focusing on health problems that have a major impact in developing countries but get too little attention and funding; oversees the Global Health Program's work, which harnesses innovations in science and technology to fight diseases such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
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Salud y sistemas de salud
We can win the fight against tropical diseases in our lifetime - if we make the right decisions now
Just over five years ago, I left the private sector to join the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. One of the first events I attended in my new role was the signing of the London Declar...
Salud y sistemas de salud
The Malaria Box: an unusual approach to scientific research
If you gave a box with 400 LEGO pieces to a group of children, you’d get back some amazing creations. When the Gates Foundation, the Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), and GlaxoSmithKli...
The unexpected source of a life-saving breakthrough
Sometimes, innovation comes in a Eureka moment of insight, when we learn to approach a problem in a brand new way. Other times, though, we are approaching the problem in the right way but...
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