Bush recognizes social entrepreneurship
Like many such events, the recent White House Summit on malaria, which featured a speech and new grant announcements by Melinda Gates, was carefully choreographed with few surprises. But there was one.
President Bush began the closing keynote address by saying, “I want to thank those members of my Cabinet who are here, the ambassadors, the members of Congress, and I want to thank the social entrepreneurs who are with us today.” Bush then cited the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as “a fantastic example of social entrepreneurship, using business acumen to address social problems.”
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Summary
Annually, malaria causes >300 million clinical cases and 1·million deaths, is responsible for the loss of >1% of gross domestic product (GDP) in Africa and is a serious concern for travelers. An effective vaccine could have a dramatic impact on the disease. For 20 years, scientists have tried to develop modern, recombinant ‘subunit’ malaria vaccines. This has been difficult. In fact, there is only one recombinant protein vaccine on the market for any disease, and no vaccines based on synthetic peptides, recombinant viruses, recombinant bacteria or DNA plasmids. Most vaccines are based on attenuated or inactivated whole pathogens or |
