Despite treatment and medical advances, malaria still kills more than a million people every year [Reuters]Al Jazeera English
Thursday, February 26, 2009
The World Health Organisation has said there is evidence that a highly resistant strain of malaria could have emerged in the border region of Thailand and Cambodia.
The organisation said on Wednesday that studies in the area suggest that the most powerful anti-malaria treatment is ineffective against a new strain of parasite.
Artemisinin, a compound extracted from a Chinese herb, is viewed as the best drug against malaria and is recommended for use in combination with other medicines to stop resistance.
But the WHO said there was evidence that parasites resistant to artemisinin had emerged along the border between Cambodia and Thailand, where workers walk for miles every day to clear forests.
"If we do not put a stop to the drug-resistant malaria situation that has been documented in the Thai-Cambodia border, it could spread rapidly to neighbouring countries and threaten our efforts to control this deadly disease," Hiroki Nakatani, the WHO assistant director-general, said in a statement.
Deadly disease
The prevalence of malaria has been reduced over the past 50 years, but the disease continues to kill more than a million people every year.
Resistance along the Thai-Cambodia border started with chloroquine, followed by resistance to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and mefloquine, drugs that have been used to treat malaria for several years.
The risk of resistance to any drug increases when it is used on its own. The WHO has therefore recommended the use of artemisinin combination therapies.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
The World Health Organisation has said there is evidence that a highly resistant strain of malaria could have emerged in the border region of Thailand and Cambodia.
The organisation said on Wednesday that studies in the area suggest that the most powerful anti-malaria treatment is ineffective against a new strain of parasite.
Artemisinin, a compound extracted from a Chinese herb, is viewed as the best drug against malaria and is recommended for use in combination with other medicines to stop resistance.
But the WHO said there was evidence that parasites resistant to artemisinin had emerged along the border between Cambodia and Thailand, where workers walk for miles every day to clear forests.
"If we do not put a stop to the drug-resistant malaria situation that has been documented in the Thai-Cambodia border, it could spread rapidly to neighbouring countries and threaten our efforts to control this deadly disease," Hiroki Nakatani, the WHO assistant director-general, said in a statement.
Deadly disease
The prevalence of malaria has been reduced over the past 50 years, but the disease continues to kill more than a million people every year.
Resistance along the Thai-Cambodia border started with chloroquine, followed by resistance to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and mefloquine, drugs that have been used to treat malaria for several years.
The risk of resistance to any drug increases when it is used on its own. The WHO has therefore recommended the use of artemisinin combination therapies.
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