Social Issues
The new boom in malaria
World Malaria Day, 25 April - The biggest threat is the rise of drug-resistant parasites due to fake and sub-standard medicines. As with other drugs before, this resistance is emerging all along the Mekong, from Cambodia to Myanmar, where the wonder-drug artemisinin is already failing: this threatens malaria victims everywhere.
The new boom in malaria
IPN Opinion article
The outlook for malaria remains poor because of fake drugs and bad governance
Health aid made some countries cut budgets
IPN News coverage
Philip Stevens is quoted by AP's Maria Cheng on the scandal of foreign aid leading to recipient governments cutting their health budgets.
