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The more than $1 billion additional funding announced today will be use...

Melinda Gates: The more than $1 billion additional funding announced today will be used over the next fi... Published Jun 30, 2005. Status: False. This is the...

Actor: Melinda Gates
Topic: Science
Status: False
Published: Jun 30, 2005
Deadline: Jun 30, 2010

The more than $1 billion additional funding announced today will be used over the next five years to prevent and treat malaria in targeted, highly-endemic sub-Saharan African countries. The goal is to reduce malaria deaths by 50 percent in targeted African countries.

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This is the June 30, 2005 President's Malaria Initiative launch (where Melinda Gates spoke), whose stated goa...

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