Drug resistance a growing concern in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 22, 2012. Poor quality antimalarial drugs lead to drug resistance and inadequate treatment that pose an urgent threat to vulnerable populations, according to a National Institutes of Health study published May 22 in The Lancet Infectious Diseasesjournal. Emergence of malaria strains that are resistant to artemisinin drugs on the Thailand-Cambodia border make it imperative to improve the drug supply, stressed the authors.
