Summary

This strategy describes how AusAID will invest in medical research to save the lives of people in the Asia Pacific region.

Description

This strategy describes how AusAID will invest in medical research to save the lives of people in the Asia Pacific region.

Medical Research Strategy [PDF 535kb]
Medical Research Strategy [Word 4.6mb]

Investment in medical research

In June 2013, AusAID awarded grants to four organisations to advance new medical technologies targeting diseases that disproportionately affect poor people in the Asia Pacific region:

• Global Alliance for TB Drug Development (TB Alliance)–to develop TB drugs.
• Aeras–to develop new TB vaccines.
• Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV)–to develop drugs to treat malaria.
• Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND)–to develop diagnostic tools for the control of malaria and tuberculosis.

The total value of these grants is $10 million.

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