Foundation for the NIH, Annual Report 2007

GCGH: Grand Challenges in Global Health The Grand Challenges in Global Health (GCGH) initiative was established in 2003 to address and overcome scientific obstacles to solving the major health challenges of the developing world and to create “deliverable technologies”—health tools—that are not only effective, but also inexpensive to produce, easy to distribute, and simple to use in developing countries. A partnership between the Foundation for NIH, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, The Wellcome Trust, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, this $436.6 million initiative funds over 40 projects that variously seek to tackle one of 14 major scientific challenges that, if solved, could lead to important advances in preventing, treating, and curing diseases of the developing world. Each year, over 300 scientists meet to review progress, share ideas and forge new partnerships to ultimately reduce the technical barriers to improved health in the developing world. Five years into its work, the initiative is seeing promising progress in understanding the basis for severe malaria in children, the development of new insect-control measures, the development of new approaches to drug development, the treatment of chronic infectious diseases, the improvement of the nutritional value of crops and more. GCGH CAPETOWN The 2007 GCGH annual meeting was held in Capetown, South Africa in conjunction with the Keystone Symposium. The Most Reverend Bishop Desmond Tutu, Ann Veneman, Executive Director of UNICEF, and Graça Machel, wife of Nelson Mandela and a passionate advocate for human rights, spoke on the challenges of global health and improving the lives of people in the developing world. FOUNDATION FOR THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH WWW.FNIH.ORG | 11 http://WWW.FNIH.ORG

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Foundation for the NIH, Annual Report 2007 Contents Letter from the Chairman and Executive Director Year in Review The Biomarkers Consortium Osteoarthritis Initiative - OAI Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative - ADNI Genetic Association Information Network - GAIN Grand Challenges in Global Health - GCGH Comprehensive T Cell Vaccine Immune Monitoring Consortium - CTC-VIMC Global Health Security Initiative - GHSI Collaborative Summit on Breast Cancer Research AVON-NCI Progress for Patients Awards Program Targeted Cancer Therapies Tutorials Measures for Clinical Trials of Treatment of Congnition Clinical Research Training Program - CRTP Program Listing Edmond J. Safra Family Lodge Endowments Fiancial Summary Donors Board of Directors Advisory Boards Staff

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