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	Podcast:		Malaria
	Episode:		Tracking antimalarial resistance and treatment of malaria using Triple ACTs
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:04:38
	Publish Date:		2019-07-12 08:56:27
	Description:		Dr Rob van der Pluijm from MORU (Mahidol Oxford Research Unit) in Bangkok, Thailand, tells us about his work as project coordinator in mapping resistance to antimalarials Anti-malaria drug resistance is spreading throughout Southeast Asia and we need to find new treatments. Our researchers at MORU use a combination of artemisinin and two partner drugs instead of one. If confirmed safe and tolerable, triple artemisinin combination therapies might be a good option to treat multi-drug resistant malaria, as well as slow down the emergence and spread of anti-malarial resistance.
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