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Christophe Mérieux Prize 2010

Paris (France), 28 June 2010

Since 2007, Fondation Christophe et Rodolphe Mérieux awards each year, the scientific Grand Prize 'Prix Christophe Mérieux' to a researcher or research team, studying infectious diseases in the developing world.

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Initiative supports fight against invisible plagues – 850,000 Euros for medical research in Africa

Lyon (France), 2 August 2010

More than one billion people all over the world suffer from tropical diseases which are mostly unknown to the wider public and have also been neglected economically. In a joint effort with four other European foundations, the Volkswagen Foundation has opened a second round of funding for African scientists conducting research on these neglected diseases.

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