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Dalrymple, Dana G. 2012, Artemisia annua, Artemisinin, ACTs & Malaria Control in Africa: Tradition, Science and Public Policy , Washington DC: Politics & Prose Bookstore. Pp. 254. $18.00 ISBN: 978-0-615-61599-8

Dalrymple, Dana G. 2012, Artemisia annua, Artemisinin, ACTs & Malaria Control in Africa:... Malaria is one of the most debilitating diseases occurring in tropical and subtropical countries. It affects many millions of people throughout the world and kills at least one million children a year in Africa alone. Its eradication, or at least its control, has been the aim of world health authorities for many decades but without conspicuous success. At one time there existed the almost perfect drug for the treatment of malaria: chloroquine. It was developed by the Americans during the war against Japan and was cheap to produce, highly effective, and had few adverse side effects. Most importantly, it was effective against the most deadly form of malaria: falciparum malaria. During the 1970s it became apparent that chloroquine had lost its curative power. The malarial parasite had mutated and could now resist the toxic effect of chloroquine. For the Chinese army, fighting a war in the jungles of Vietnam where more fatalities could result from malaria than from combat, this was a disastrous development. In 1967 the Chinese government took decisive action and established Project 523, a large team of scientists from many scientific disciplines, to seek a new drug for the treatment of malaria. By the early http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asian Medicine Brill

Dalrymple, Dana G. 2012, Artemisia annua, Artemisinin, ACTs & Malaria Control in Africa: Tradition, Science and Public Policy , Washington DC: Politics & Prose Bookstore. Pp. 254. $18.00 ISBN: 978-0-615-61599-8

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Asian Medicine , Volume 7 (2): 482 – Jan 20, 2012
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Malaria is one of the most debilitating diseases occurring in tropical and subtropical countries. It affects many millions of people throughout the world and kills at least one million children a year in Africa alone. Its eradication, or at least its control, has been the aim of world health authorities for many decades but without conspicuous success. At one time there existed the almost perfect drug for the treatment of malaria: chloroquine. It was developed by the Americans during the war against Japan and was cheap to produce, highly effective, and had few adverse side effects. Most importantly, it was effective against the most deadly form of malaria: falciparum malaria. During the 1970s it became apparent that chloroquine had lost its curative power. The malarial parasite had mutated and could now resist the toxic effect of chloroquine. For the Chinese army, fighting a war in the jungles of Vietnam where more fatalities could result from malaria than from combat, this was a disastrous development. In 1967 the Chinese government took decisive action and established Project 523, a large team of scientists from many scientific disciplines, to seek a new drug for the treatment of malaria. By the early

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