Multilateral Initiative on Malaria

FAQ and comments

Why MIM secretariat is rotating every 3 years?
For demonstrating the global characteristic of the alliance

Why MIM is only concerned by Africa and not the other malaria endemic countries?
Because sub-Saharan Africa pays the heaviest to the disease in term of economic and health burden

How I can have access to scientific journals from Africa without having any subscription?
There are some free journals on line. Please go to our free journals link

How to get free or cheaper reagents?
MR4 is one the MIM constituents. It is a biological resource center providing resource reagents for free to malaria scientists. Please go to MR4 website

Why the Principal investigator of MIM/TDR grants cannot be European or American?
MIM/TDR is the funding body of MIM. It aims at increasing the mass of African scientists and control managers for engagement in discovery, development, and integration, of new tools into policy and operational guidelines
Why there is no space for non-African students in calls for workshops or seminars?
There is from time to time, calls for applications which are not restricted to developing countries students

How MIM can help me to prepare a proposal and to find a Northern collaborator?
After the submission of letter of intent (LoI) to MIM/TDR , if the LoI is selected, then the applicant attends a writing proposal workshop. During this workshop, he receives support from experts in different disciplines necessary for the development of his proposal.
In the future MIM aims to organize open workshops on writing proposals and scientific articles in a regular basis.

How MIM can assist for contacting the appropriate Northern collaborator?
MIM can assist you if you give clear details on which kind of expertise you wish to benefit from the northern partner, a summary of your research interest(s) and current project(s). In its networks, MIM will help you to contact possible partners.