FEATURE-Can Asia-Pacific region get rid of malaria by 2030? - TRFN | Reuters: "Moving from containing malaria to an elimination strategy has been a major shift in approach to the disease, said Patricia Moser, lead health specialist at the Asian Development Bank.
"We support the bold push towards elimination as it has become clear that containment of artemisinin resistance is a risky strategy - the region must push for elimination while these key drugs (artemisinin combination therapies) remain effective," she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in an email interview.
As part of a three-year initiative, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has allocated $100 million to Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam through its Regional Artemisinin Initiative (RAI). The biggest slice of the grant - $40 million - has been allocated to Myanmar, which has the highest malaria burden among the five countries."
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015
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