Will a Global Subsidy of Artemisinin-Based Combination Treatment (ACT) for Malaria Delay the Emergence of Resistance and Save Lives?

Artemisinin-based combination treatments (ACTs) are seen as an important tool in the global effort to roll back malaria. With rapidly increasing parasite resistance to chloroquine in many parts of the world, there is greater international recognition of the need for both a different antimalarial and...

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Main Authors: Laxminarayan, Ramanan, Over, Mead, Smith, David L.
Format: Publications & Research
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/07/6078983/global-subsidy-artemisinin-based-combination-treatment-act-malaria-delay-emergence-resistance-save-lives
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8195

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