A doctor from Mali and a Swiss-based nonprofit organization received a Japanese government medical prize named after Hideyo Noguchi, a renowned bacteriologist, on Friday for their outstanding achievements in Africa.The fifth Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize went to Abdoulaye Djimde, a 61-year-old Malian, and "Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative," or DNDi, a group established in 2003, headquartered in Switzerland, according to Japan's Cabinet Office.Djimde has dedicated himself to combating malaria through clinical trials of antimalarial drugs and has contributed to training young medical res…READ FULL ARTICLE
