«These findings serve as a critical baseline for tracking the emergence and spread of artemisinin resistance in P. falciparum parasites in sub-Saharan Africa,» says Prof Abdoulaye Djimdé of the Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Science Techniques and Technologies of Bamako, Mali, who is leading the PDNA. (cggh.org)
Journalist Joel Winston discussed the emerging threat of artemisinin resistance with CGGH's Dr Dominic Kwiatkowski and Dr Shunmay Yeung of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. (cggh.org)
In response, the World Health Organization declared that the treatment of choice should combine the plant - derived drug artemisinin with other antimalarials. (discovermagazine.com)