Averting a malaria disaster in Africa: where does the buck stop?

• Main Authors: Christopher J.M. Whitty (Author), Richard Allan (Author), Virginia Wiseman (Author), Sam Ochola (Author), Maria Veronicah Nakyanzi-Mugisha (Author), Benjamin Vonhm (Author), Mahemba Mwita (Author), Constantin Miaka (Author), Aggrey Oloo (Author), Zul Premji (Author), Craig Burgess (Author), Theonest K. Mutabingwa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization.
• Subjects: article
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The serious threat posed by the spread of drug-resistant malaria in Africa has been widely acknowledged. Chloroquine resistance is now almost universal, and resistance to the successor drug, sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP), is growing rapidly. Combination therapy has been suggested as being an availa...