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Sock! Pow! Blam!
Further adventures in the fight against malaria, as the Gates Foundations seeks to stomp it out permanently. Two dozen new grants limn an ominous foe pitted against vivid human imagination.
Robert Fortner
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Gates' funding surge reorders the world of global health
A new report documents how the Gates Foundation helped quadruple funding for global health since 1990. In washing away an older order, however, this surge may be creating accountability problems.
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How Bill Gates caught the global health bug
It was when he read about rotavirus, a cause of widespread death of children from diarrhea. A decade later, Gates Foundation's efforts have brought about WHO approval of a rotavirus vaccine.
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'The Lancet' critique of the Gates Foundation: on the mark?
The articles complain that Gates is doing too much in global health, or not enough. Amid the confusing complaints and muted praise is a clear call for more transparency.
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777s and HIV, or your body is not an airplane
What the challenges of building a safe plane show us about vaccines