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$43,243,459

Department of Health and Human Services·National Institutes of Health

to THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

healthactive
WORK BEGAN2007-02-15·LATEST ACTION·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_UM1AI069518_075
Award description

THE MALAWI CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Funds Johns Hopkins' operation of a clinical trials research unit in Malawi investigating infectious diseases and public health interventions.

Sub-sectors
nih-international-researchinfectious-disease-researchclinical-trials-infrastructure
Why this matters

Malawi clinical trials unit strengthens U.S. infectious disease research, vaccine development capabilities, and health diplomacy in sub-Saharan Africa.

Supply-chain signal

Requires local diagnostics, medical equipment, pharmaceuticals, and laboratory suppliers to support clinical trial operations in Malawi.

U.S.–China competition angle

Maintains U.S. research partnerships and health soft power in Malawi amid growing Chinese Belt and Road influence in the region.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-12. Cost: $0.014183.

Period of performance
Start
2007-02-15
End
2027-11-30
Status
activein 518 days
Sources

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