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What a wonderful story. I was struck by the anecdote about the the medal given to the village chief.
I clicked through to a linked article on drug combinations being used to combat chloroquine-resistant malaria [1]. Nothing seemed amiss until I reached the bottom and saw a missing image for a "Map showing the distribution of drug-resistant malaria in 1987".

I checked the byline, and low-and-behold, that article was published in 1987!

Amazing, though not surprising, that the digitised legacy of the paper is being put to good use by the writers and editors of today.

[1] http://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/08/science/drug-combinations-...

Pretty good as a short biopic. I'd be interested to know more about the folks he works with and how he actually runs his organization aside from just that he goes through a lot of shoe-rubber.