A very short post on an article I read today having heard the nurses at volunteering speaking about it. The article describes research showing new evidence that the the number of parasites resistant to "front line" malarial drugs is increasing.
Resistant strains of the parasite to drugs derived from the Artemisia annua plant have recently been found 500 miles away from the original sites and more data is still being collected.
If resistance continues to rise this would be a major set back and the discovery of a vaccination against the disease would take much longer.
The disease killed more than 665,000 people in 2010 - equivalent to more than 1 every minute.
I may add to this post in greater depth if I find out more, if anyone knows or has read anything related feel free to comment!
I hope everyones revision is going well!
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