GlobalPost interviews PATH Malaria Control Program director about global response

Nov 17 2012NewsGuard 100/100 Score

In an interview with GlobalPost's "Global Pulse" blog, Kent Campbell, director of the Malaria Control Program at PATH, discusses "achievements in the fight against malaria and what is needed to bring transmission to zero." According to the interview transcript, Campbell talks about his career in global health, discusses how the approach to malaria treatment has changed since he entered the field, examines the President's Malaria Initiative, and talks about next steps in the push to eliminate malaria in sub-Saharan Africa (Pardy, 11/15).

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