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| 2002 || || || SCI is founded through a US$32 million grant from the {{w|Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation}}<ref name="Schistosomiasis Control Initiative: Supplementary Information"/>, to tackle {{w|schistosomiasis}} in {{w|sub-Saharan Africa}}, where infected people are unable to afford the drugs needed for treatment.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ten million Africans treated by international disease treatment programme |url=https://www.imperial.ac.uk/college.asp?P=6578 |website=imperial.ac.uk |accessdate=12 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Adenowoa |first1=Abiola Fatimah |last2=Oyinloyea |first2=Babatunji Emmanuel |last3=Ogunyinkaa |first3=Bolajoko Idiat |last4=Kappo |first4=Abidemi Paul |title=Impact of human schistosomiasis in sub-Saharan Africa |journal=Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases |doi=10.1016/j.bjid.2014.11.004 |url=http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702015000200196}}</ref> ||
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| 2002 || || || SCI begins program in {{w|Uganda}}, the first operating country.<ref name="OUR REACH"/> || {{w|Uganda}}
