MMV delivers testimony to US congress

MMV was invited by the US Congress House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health and Human Rights to testify on "Fighting Malaria: Progress and Challenges” on Monday, 5 December 2011 in Washington DC. This is the first time that MMV has been asked to formally present oral and written testimony to the US congress.  

As Chairman of the Expert Scientific Advisory Committee and President of MMV North America, Dennis Schmatz will represent MMV on the role of drug development in the global fight against malaria.

Watch MMV's testimony, and other witnesses speak on the future of drug and vaccine development, as well as the challenges to ensuring the availability, affordability and safe distribution of anti-malarial medicines.

Download the full transcript of his testimony. [PDF: 45Kb]

Read a related story in the Bangkok Post.