Malaria: The Sting of Death--An Effective, but Costly, Cure. .
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Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 77Global Issues. Publisher: Los Angeles Times, 2005ISSN: 1522-3221;.Subject(s): Artemisinin | Drugs -- Prices | Malaria | Malaria -- Africa | Malaria -- Treatment | Medicine -- Chinese | WormwoodDDC classification: 050 Summary: "The wormwood plant does not have good PR. When God wants to curse a people in the Old Testament, he threatens to feed them with wormwood and gall. The Book of Revelation says that a star called Wormwood will strike the Earth at Armageddon and poison the waters. So it's a little surprising that a wormwood species, Artemisia annua, holds a key to curing the deadly, ancient plague of malaria....The newest malaria miracle cure is best used as a cocktail with other drugs, called artemisinin combination therapy. But ACT costs more than legions of Africa's rural poor can afford." (LOS ANGELES TIMES) This article is the fifth in a series on malaria and discusses the benefits of ACT therapy and proposes that wealthy nations create a "global purchasing pool, separate from the one proposed to spur investment in vaccine research. Rather than guaranteeing a future market for a potential vaccine, the second fund would be tapped now to pay for an already existing cure."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Malaria: The Sting of Death--An Effective, but Costly, Cure, Aug. 15, 2005; pp. B10.
"The wormwood plant does not have good PR. When God wants to curse a people in the Old Testament, he threatens to feed them with wormwood and gall. The Book of Revelation says that a star called Wormwood will strike the Earth at Armageddon and poison the waters. So it's a little surprising that a wormwood species, Artemisia annua, holds a key to curing the deadly, ancient plague of malaria....The newest malaria miracle cure is best used as a cocktail with other drugs, called artemisinin combination therapy. But ACT costs more than legions of Africa's rural poor can afford." (LOS ANGELES TIMES) This article is the fifth in a series on malaria and discusses the benefits of ACT therapy and proposes that wealthy nations create a "global purchasing pool, separate from the one proposed to spur investment in vaccine research. Rather than guaranteeing a future market for a potential vaccine, the second fund would be tapped now to pay for an already existing cure."
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