topnaman | Malaria blog

I get a lot of emails about malaria and other global health events. Here’s a recent one that may be of some interest to those living near Washington, DC:
Malaria in the America Forum 2009:
“Counting Malaria Out” towards the 2010 targets and the UN Millennium Development Goals.
Friday, November 6, 2009
1:00pm – 4:30pm
Room B, Pan American Health [...]

I’ve covered the Gates grand challenge exploration grants before, but some of the winners from the most recent round may take the “this just sounds crazy” cake – chewing gum for a saliva based diagnostic, and chocolate compounds as potential treatments!