Purpose
To improve treatments for common and debilitating filarial infections by developing the first small animal model of the parasitic disease onchocerciasis for in vitro drug screening and preclinical testing of candidate drugs.
Grantee
Division
Global Health
Date
APRIL 2013
Region served
GLOBAL
Committed amount
$100,000
Grant topic
Discovery and Translational Sciences
Duration (months)
19
Grantee location
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Related work
More about our financials
Our work
Learn about where we work around the globe and the programs we’ve created to address urgent issues in global health, global development, and education.
How we work
We are focused on results. Those that can be measured. And those measured in ways beyond numbers.