Schistosomiasis Control To Benefit From $18.7 Million Gates Foundation Grant To UGA
The University of Georgia Research Foundation has received a five-year, $18.7 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to research ways to reduce morbidity from schistosomiasis in low- and middle-income countries in Africa, the Middle East and the Americas. Researchers will develop and evaluate research-based approaches and diagnostic tools to identify, control and even eliminate schistosomiasis where feasible.
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Filed under: Tropical on January 3rd, 2009