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Article: Malaria initiative.(Health)(Brief article)
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- African Business
- Article date:
- July 1, 2007
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has just published a 60-page booklet explaining how to grow and harvest Atremisia Annua, a plant used for at least 2,000 years by the Chinese to treat malaria. The active ingredient of Artemisia Annua produces artemisin-based combination treatments that the WHO recommends to combat quinine-resistant types of malaria.
The WHO is encouraging Artemisia Annua cultivation in sub-Saharan Africa where nine out of 10 deaths worldwide attributable to malaria occur, and is suggesting it is an ideal alternative to growing tobacco. ...