id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-017667-6k4vw25d Georgiev, Vassil St. NIAID International Research Programs: Global Impact 2009 .txt text/plain 3103 169 40 NIAID supports HIV/AIDS research in all of these 26 countries, with most projects conducted in areas with the highest incidence of infection and disease, namely Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Malaria remains a major threat, and NIAID conducts clinical, epidemiologic, drug, and vaccine research in east African countries such as Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, and Uganda, and in Mali, Cameroon, Ghana, and The Gambia in central and West Africa. This study was successfully completed in 2005 and has provided data to show that serious infections and deaths can be prevented by the incorporation of a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine into the local expanded program on immunization (EPI) (http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/research/topics/bacterial/ clinical/GambiaPneumococcalVaccineTrial.htm). There are opportunities for further research in TB (especially in the context of HIV/AIDS) and vector-borne diseases, especially Rift Valley fever (RVF), a serious zoonosis (a disease that primarily affects animals, but occasionally causes disease in humans) (http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/topics/GlobalResearch/ Africa/Kenya.htm). ./cache/cord-017667-6k4vw25d.txt ./txt/cord-017667-6k4vw25d.txt