Malaria Research In Africa Research Articles

Ogobara Doumbo: committed to improving research and healthcare in Africa

Born in the Dogon region of Mali, Ogobara Doumbo was raised in a village with no electricity. His first ride in a car came as a teenager in 1971, when...

The Multilateral Initiative on Malaria: looking back and looking ahead

The Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (MIM) started in 1997 with the aim of giving African scientists an equal voice with Northern scientists in making decisions about malaria research in Africa. Is there a need for MIM today with the large increase in funding for malaria research from governments and foundations? I conclude that MIM is still needed today to support African scientists' investigator-initiated research and training.

Ogobara Doumbo: building capacity for malaria research in Africa

Ogobara Doumbo: building capacity for malaria research in Africa

Gates Foundation supports malaria research in Africa

Gates Foundation supports malaria research in Africa

Strengthening capability for malaria research in Africa.

The Task Force on Malaria Research CapabilityStrengthening (RCS) in Africa, coordinated by the UnitedNations Development Programme, the World Bank, and theWorld Health Organization (WHO) Special Programme forResearch and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR),represents a collaborative funding strategy in which multipleagencies and governments promote capacity-building activi-ties in the context of the Multilateral Initiative for Malaria inAfrica (MIM). This task force was established to promotehuman resource development and strengthen researchcapacity in malaria-endemic countries.A total of 112 proposals involving 42 countries (25 fromAfrica) and over 200 partner institutions/research groupshave been reviewed since the program’s inception in 1998.The proposals covered a wide range of aspects of malariaresearch, including the clinical and molecular basis of drugresistance, drug policy, immune responses to