Davies C S
Wellcome Trust, London, UK.
Parassitologia. 1999 Sep;41(1-3):497-500.
The Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (MIM) is an international alliance of organisations and individuals. It aims to maximise the impact of scientific research against malaria, through strengthening research capacity in Africa, promoting global collaboration and co-ordination, and increasing available resources. Since its establishment in 1997, the initiative has generated a remarkable level of enthusiasm and activity. Many new scientific partnerships have been established, enabled by enhanced communications and novel funding mechanisms. Dovetailing of research activities with control programmes is also improving. The challenges posed by malaria remain great, however, and in order to achieve a sustainable impact it will be crucial for the research community to capitalise on what has been achieved to date and to maintain the momentum for action well into the next millennium. This article is a personal view contributed by the Wellcome Trust as the nominated co-ordinator for MIM during 1998 and a leading international funder of malaria research. It aims to explain how the novel malaria initiative operates, to summarise some of its key outcomes, and to set out the perspectives for the future.
疟疾多边行动计划（MIM）是一个由组织和个人组成的国际联盟。其目标是通过加强非洲的研究能力、促进全球合作与协调以及增加可用资源，最大限度地提高抗击疟疾科研工作的影响力。自1997年成立以来，该计划激发了极大的热情并开展了大量活动。借助加强的沟通和新颖的资助机制，建立了许多新的科学伙伴关系。研究活动与防控项目的衔接也在改善。然而，疟疾带来的挑战仍然巨大，为了实现可持续的影响，至关重要的是，科研界要利用迄今已取得的成果，并在下个千年保持行动的势头。本文是威康信托基金会作为1998年MIM的指定协调机构以及疟疾研究的主要国际资助者所发表的个人观点。它旨在解释这一新颖的疟疾行动计划如何运作，总结其一些关键成果，并阐述未来的展望。
