Foundation to fight malaria.

Howard Lake | 30 July 2000 | News

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

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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