WHO Gives Strong Backing To Antimalarial Combo As New Resistance Strategy Kicks Off
Executive Summary
Hot on the heels of its new antimalarial strategy, the World Health Organization has given a “strong” recommendation for the use of a fixed-dose artemisinin combination therapy from Shin Poong and the Medicines for Malaria Venture that should see it being more widely used in disease-endemic countries.
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