Resistance – a barrier to malaria elimination
By Bill BriegerThe World Health Organization reminds us today that, “Antimicrobial resistance is not a new problem but one that is becoming more dangerous; urgent and consolidated efforts are needed to avoid regressing to the pre-antibiotic era.” It is not just antibiotics that are in trouble, but other microbial agents including malaria drugs . In the malaria community we are also worried about insecticide resistance. Growing resistance to DDT was one of the reasons that earlier efforts to eradicate the disease were not globally successful. WHO explains clearly that human behavior (patients, providers, health service managers and drug manufacturers) plays a big role in developing antimicrobial resistance: Antimicrobial resistance is facilitated by the inappropriate use of medicines, for example, when taking substandard doses or not finishing a prescribed course of treatment
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Resistance – a barrier to malaria elimination
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Posted by Bill Brieger
on Apr 7 2011. Filed under Hub Selects, Malaria.
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