U.K. Should Maintain Support For Tropical Disease R&D, Prevention, Treatment

Politics Home: Jeremy Lefroy MP: Crucial to keep funding research into malaria and tropical diseases
Noting “the U.K. has been among the leaders in tackling [tropical] diseases alongside the people and governments of the endemic countries as well as the USA and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,” British Member of Parliament Jeremy Lefroy writes that the U.K. should “maintain the support which it has provided” and urges other nations to increase funding for research, prevention, and treatment of tropical diseases (10/27).

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