Gates Foundation, South African Groups Partner To Research HIV, TB, Malaria Treatments, Prevention

South African news outlets report on a new partnership between the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and medical research institutions in the country.

Business Day Live: Gates Foundation forms new health partnerships in South Africa
South Africa’s “Medical Research Council (MRC) and the University of Cape Town (UCT) on Tuesday announced two new partnerships with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation aimed at finding new tools to fight HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria….” (Kahn, 1/21).

Mail & Guardian: Gates Foundation, SA link to combat HIV, TB, malaria
“…The foundation partnered on two multi-year programs, one with the Medical Research Council’s Strategic Health Innovation Partnerships (Ship) unit and the other with the University of Cape Town’s Drug Discovery and Development Centre (H3-D)…” (Wild, 1/21).

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