Amir Attaran
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Amir Attaran, armed with facts and a flair for the dramatic, is a master at bringing global agencies like, US Agency for International Development (USAID), World Health Organization (WHO), the World Bank, and even the Nobel Peace Prize-winning nonprofit group Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) to task. One of his merciless criticisms, which gained fast action from bureaucratic agencies, is accusing the World Bank of underfuning its malaria program and lying about the project's success in Brazil and India.
Publication Name: Nature Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1078-8956
Year: 2006
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Gut warfare
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Scientists are researching on the importance of gut in the progression of AIDS. The researchers have found that the microbial translocation causes systemic immune activation and hence progression in HIV disease. The National Institutes of Health and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation are funding attempts to make a vaccine that generates mucosal immunity and microbicides, which work at mucosal surfaces.
Publication Name: Nature Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1078-8956
Year: 2007
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Teachers' group brings genomics revolution to minority colleges
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A workshop program, GCAT, Genome Consortium for Active Teaching, which uses donated microarrays and a single scanner is reviewed. It is available to anyone who teaches undergraduates about genomes with special importance on faculty teaching minority students.
Publication Name: Nature Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1078-8956
Year: 2007
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