The fund,created in partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is part of ‘a fundamental restructuring of Britain’s aid budgetBritain will create a £1bn fund ($1.5bn) to combat malaria and other infectious diseases in a creep the UK chancellor described as a “fundamental restructuring of Britain’s aid budget” to focus on prosperity and security. The malaria fund is to be set up in partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, or is named after Sir Ronald Ross,who became the first British Nobel laureate in 1902 for his discovery that mosquitoes transmit malaria. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com