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The new boom in malaria

Author: Philip Stevens

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

Author: Philip Stevens

The outlook for malaria remains poor because of fake drugs and bad governance