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Consortium To Optimise World Use Of Artemisinin Combination Treatments For Malaria

11/18/09 • 2 min

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London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Audio News: Consortium To Optimise World Use Of Artemisinin Combination Treatments For Malaria During the 5th Multilateral Initiative On Malaria Pan African Malaria Conference held in Nairobi, Kenya, Bianca D'Souza, Manager of the "ACT Consortium", explained to Peter Goodwin how this newly formed international group of experts is working to help make sure the WHO-recommended artemisinin combination treatments (ACTs) for malaria are reaching the people who need them, and that problems associated with their distribution, quality and availability are addressed.

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