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To: Handley, Gray (NIH/NIAID) [E] Subject: Re: MRTC in Bamako Thanks on both counts. For Mali, I just seek some approximate values so that I can say roughly how much the operation---and particular parts of the operation---depended on NIH funds. I haven't though much about your point about PEPFAR because the narrative was heading elsewhere for the kind of audience I expect. But I'd like to learn more about this if it is in a short form. On 4/8/13 5:12 PM, "Handley, Gray (NIH/NIAID) {E]" <O niaid.nih.gov> wrote: Dr. Varmus: No problem. We have some information on Mali, but it needs to be updated and not sure about the budget questions. I will do my best to get back to you this week but obviously want to be careful to send only what can be verified. As you talk about PEPFAR, I hope you will note how the program was able to accomplish so much so fast (in some key countries like South Africa) because it built on expertise and capacity that had been fostered through NIH supported research for a decade before the advent of PEPFAR service delivery programs. It's a good story. More to come. Gray F. Gray Handley Associate Director for International Research Affairs National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institutes of Health, DHHS _ From: Varmus, Harold (NIH/NCI) [E] Sent: Monday, April 08, 2013 2:30 PM To: Handley, Gray (NIH/NIAID) [E] Cc: Wiszneauckas, Joy (NIH/NCI) [E] Subject: MRTC in Bamako Gray, as you may have heard, I am developing a series of lectures to be given in the UK about three examples of US involvement in medical science and health abroad: the Uganda Cancer Center, PEPFAR, and the Malian MRTC. To help gather information for these lectures, I've been doing interviews with some of the people involved. In talking with some people in Bamako, I realized that I don't have facts and figures about the extent and duration of support that NIAID has provided there. Is it possible for you to summarize the history of our spending at the MRTC from 1990 to the present? I don't need many details, just overall all levels and perhaps a couple of categories (salaries, grants, other support). I have also learned that NIAID has supported other programs like the MRTC, even some (like the one in Lahore) that have been called MRTC. Do you have any information about them and how they related to the efforts in Mali? Thanks for whatever you can provide. Harold