Chinese researchers develop model for malaria elimination

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GUANGDONG PROVINCE, CHINA: Malaria is one of the globe’s persistent threats which according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) kills at least half a million people each year and in Africa is a constant fear.

But there could be hope for Africa if there is anything to go by the research and tests done by the researchers at the Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine who say a new model designed for the African continent to eliminate malaria proved to be effective.

In a recent briefing with African journalists on the progress made, the researchers said the elimination of malaria using the model, which is the mass drug administration of a drug called Artemisinin-Piperaquine proved very effective as it had already been piloted in Comoros, a tiny island off Africa’s east coast.

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