University of Leeds receives Gates Foundation grant for material approach to malaria prevention
Every year there are more than 350 million new cases of malaria, but a revolutionary mosquito net being developed by Leeds textile experts with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation could offer better and more sustainable protection from the disease. ... Design lecturer Dr Stephen Russell and medical entomologist Dr Bruce Alexander from Xeroshield at the Roslin Biocentre will develop...Fighting the battle against disease - Leeds researchers take on the world
Every year at least six million people die from TB, malaria or HIV. Leeds researchers will play a major role in the fight against the world's three biggest killers in a 5m programme spanning countries from China to Nepal and Bangladesh to Uganda....... The five-year project will help ensure that the best treatments reach those in most need as quickly as possible, and that effective healthcare sys...