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The World Health Organization said Thursday that governments in the Mekong region must act ?urgently? to stop the spread of drug-resistant malaria which has emerged in parts of Vietnam and Myanmar.
There is growing evidence that the malaria parasite is becoming resistant to a frontline treatment, the anti-malarial drug artemisinin, in southern and central Vietnam and in southeastern Myanmar, the WHO said in a statement.
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rawstory.com
Date of Publication:
2012-09-27
Date of entry:
2012-09-29
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English