Aug. 6, 2001 National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD -
Challenging long-standing beliefs about the international burden
of malaria, scientists have presented new information about the
severity of malaria morbidity, mortality, and its economic toll
in a supplement to The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and
Hygiene. Titled "The Intolerable Burden of Malaria: A New Look
at the Numbers," the supplement was published by the
Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (MIM) with support from MIM
partners, including NIH, The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, GlaxoSmithKline, the Rockefeller Foundation, The
United Kingdom Medical Research Council, The United Nations
Foundation, the United States Agency for International
Development (USAID), The Wellcome Trust, and the World Health
Organization. "With new data and a fresh look, this landmark
supplement highlights the many burdens caused by malaria. To
address the pervasive and intractable problems that malaria
represents, it is essential that malaria's full