Tuesday 18 November 2014

East Asia Summit Takes Up Regional Malaria Goal

Leaders of the 18 East Asia Summit countries have committed to an ambitious aim of eliminating malaria from the entire Asia Pacific region in the next 15 years. The bold move shows strong leadership on health security and responds head-on to concerns about growing resistance to the drug artemisinin, the mainstay of worldwide treatment for the most dangerous form of the disease. Resistance was first reported in western Cambodia several years ...

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