{"id":66792,"date":"2016-01-25T09:49:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T09:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=7ee4643c3cd28b0915c9d581a954adfe"},"modified":"2016-01-25T09:49:00","modified_gmt":"2016-01-25T09:49:00","slug":"news-story-the-ross-fund-combatting-the-worlds-most-serious-diseases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=66792","title":{"rendered":"News story: The Ross Fund &#8211; Combatting the world&#8217;s most serious diseases"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<h2 id=\"fighting-infectious-disease\">Fighting Infectious Disease<\/h2>\n<p>Named after Sir Ronald Ross, the first ever British Nobel Laureate, recognised for his discovery that mosquitoes transmit malaria, the \u00a31 billion Ross Fund was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/chancellor-george-osborne-and-bill-gates-to-join-forces-to-end-malaria\">announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer<\/a> in November 2015. Over a century on from Ross\u2019s work, the UK is still at the forefront of the fight against infectious diseases. In addition to the work of the Ross Fund the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/3-billion-pledge-to-help-end-malaria-deaths\">Chancellor has today set out more details<\/a> on how the UK work with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and other partners to reduce deaths from malaria by 90% by 2030.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"the-work-of-the-ross-fund\">The Work of the Ross Fund<\/h3>\n<p>The Government has created the Ross Fund for research and development in products for infectious diseases and to strengthen delivery of new products, bringing together Government investment into:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Anti-microbial resistance (AMR), that is becoming an increasing threat globally<\/li>\n<li>Diseases with epidemic potential, such as Ebola, that can rapidly spread if not stopped early<\/li>\n<li>Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) that affect over a billion people worldwide<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The fund will be managed by Department for International Development and the Department of Health.<\/p>\n<section class=\"attachment embedded\" id=\"attachment_1379992\">\n<div class=\"attachment-thumb\">\n      <a aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"thumbnail\" href=\"\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/494584\/Ross_Fund_Publication_final.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/494584\/thumbnail_Ross_Fund_Publication_final.pdf.png\"><\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<div class=\"attachment-details\">\n<h2 class=\"title\"><a aria-describedby=\"attachment-1379992-accessibility-help\" href=\"\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/494584\/Ross_Fund_Publication_final.pdf\">Ross Fund Summary<\/a><\/h2>\n<p class=\"metadata\">\n        <span class=\"type\"><abbr title=\"Portable Document Format\">PDF<\/abbr><\/span>, <span class=\"file-size\">171KB<\/span>, <span class=\"page-length\">5 pages<\/span>\n    <\/p>\n<div class=\"accessibility-warning js-toggle-accessibility-warning\" id=\"attachment-1379992-accessibility-help\">\n<h2>This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.<br \/>\n          <span class=\"toggler\">Request a different format.<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/h2>\n<p class=\"help-block\">\n          If you use assistive technology and need a version of this document<br \/>\nin a more accessible format, please email<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:enquiry@dfid.gov.uk?body=Details%20of%20document%20required%3A%0A%0A%20%20Title%3A%20Ross%20Fund%20Summary%0A%20%20Original%20format%3A%20pdf%0A%0APlease%20tell%20us%3A%0A%0A%20%201.%20What%20makes%20this%20format%20unsuitable%20for%20you%3F%0A%20%202.%20What%20format%20you%20would%20prefer%3F%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20&amp;subject=Request%20for%20%27Ross%20Fund%20Summary%27%20in%20an%20alternative%20format\">enquiry@dfid.gov.uk<\/a>.<br \/>\nPlease tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ross Fund will develop, test and produce new products to help combat serious diseases in developing countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66792"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66792"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66798,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66792\/revisions\/66798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}