I've just read in Allafrica.com about a US initiative to finance ten malaria centers in endemic regions around the world. The International Centers for Malaria Research initiative, to cost $US 106 million, is a collaborative effort to strengthen research and training capacity around the world. The US-based National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) is providing the funding. This sounds a bit like the initiative announced by the Chinese government in November 2006, to set up ten malaria centers in Africa as part of the FOCAC pledges. Although I reported on this pledge in my book, The Dragon's Gift, I haven't looked into these centers in any detail (my book focuses more on the productive sectors of agriculture and manufacturing, as well as mining and infrastructure).
Tracing the planning and implementation of these two initiatives would make a great comparative research topic for a master's or Ph.D. thesis! Is anyone working on this?
Monday, August 9, 2010
Chinese and US-funded Malaria Centers: Contrast and Competition
Follow me on Twitter @D_Brautigam. Professor and Director, International Development Program, Johns Hopkins University/SAIS; Visiting Professor, University of Bergen, Norway; and author of The Dragon's Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa (Oxford U. Press, 2009, 2011). A China scholar, I first went to Africa in 1983 to research Chinese engagement and never stopped. © Deborah Brautigam 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013.
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