# Foundation to fight malaria.

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2000/07/30/foundation-fight-malaria/
- Published: 2000-07-30T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Gates gives £26m to UK malaria research

The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine has won a grant of £26 million
from the Bill and Melinda Gates 
Gates gives £26m to UK malaria research

The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine has won a grant of £26 million
from the Bill and Melinda Gates

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The donation was the result of a standard application to foundations which at first
went unacknowledged.However, it had caught the attention of the Gates family and
they asked the School to write a ten-page letter of intent, rather than fill out
a standard application form.

Reach Malaria study given $40m by David Pilling at ft.com.

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