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. 2003 Oct 17;302(5644):398-9.
doi: 10.1126/science.1091769.

Public health. Grand Challenges in Global Health

H Varmus  1 , R Klausner, E Zerhouni, T Acharya, A S Daar, P A Singer
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Public health. Grand Challenges in Global Health

H Varmus et al. Science. .
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Abstract

This week an international panel announces a list of 14 Grand Challenges in Global Health, and scientists throughout the world will be invited to submit grant proposals to pursue them with funds provided by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. We describe the characteristics of these challenges and the process by which they were formulated and selected after receiving over 1000 responses to a "call for ideas" from the scientific community.

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  • Another grand challenge: mental health.
    Schnurr PP, Kaloupek DG, Turner S, Bloom S, Kaltman S. Schnurr PP, et al. Science. 2004 Jan 9;303(5655):168-9. doi: 10.1126/science.303.5655.168c. Science. 2004. PMID: 14715991 No abstract available.
  • The grand challenge of birth control.
    Hannon B. Hannon B. Science. 2004 Jan 9;303(5655):169. doi: 10.1126/science.303.5655.169a. Science. 2004. PMID: 14715992 No abstract available.
  • Research on contraceptives.
    Nass SJ, Strauss JF 3rd. Nass SJ, et al. Science. 2004 Mar 19;303(5665):1769-71. doi: 10.1126/science.303.5665.1769b. Science. 2004. PMID: 15031479 No abstract available.
  • Renewables need a grand-challenge strategy.
    Bernstein A, Sargent EH, Aspuru-Guzik A, Cogdell R, Fleming GR, Van Grondelle R, Molina M. Bernstein A, et al. Nature. 2016 Oct 6;538(7623):27-29. doi: 10.1038/538030a. Nature. 2016. PMID: 27708325 No abstract available.

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    1. The members of the scientific board are Harold Varmus, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (Executive Committee, Chair); Richard Klausner, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Executive Committee); Elias Zerhouni, National Institutes of Health (Executive Committee); Roy Anderson, Imperial College of the University of London; Mary Jane Cardosa, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak; Christine M. Debouck, GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals; Anthony S. Fauci, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH; William H. Foege, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Julio Frenk, Minister of Health, Mexico; Nirmal Kumar Ganguly, Indian Council for Medical Research; Julie Louise Gerberding, U.S. Centers for Disease Control; Fotis C. Kafatos, European Molecular Biology Laboratory; Gerald Keusch, Fogarty International Center, NIH; Francis Kwesi Nkrumah, University of Ghana, Legon; Gustav Nossal, University of Melbourne; Odile Puijalon, Institut Pasteur; Yiming Shao, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Peter A. Singer, University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics; Florence Wambugu, A Harvest Biotech Foundation International; Yongyuth Yuthavong, Thai Academy of Science and Technology.
    1. See supporting online material for further discussion.
    1. www.grandchallengesgh.org.
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