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Malaria drug resistance a potential 'global disaster'

Malaria experts from the World Health Organization Western Pacific Region and key partners are reiterating a warning that anti-malarial drug resistance is an ever-growing challenge

Artemisinin-resistant malaria close to border with India, study in Myanmar confirms

Resistance to the antimalarial drug artemisinin is established in Myanmar and has reached within 25km of the Indian border, a study published today in The Lancet Infectious Diseases