malaria suppressant

European Malaria Vaccine Initiative | EMVI [Abbr.]

African Malaria Vaccine Testing Network | AMVTN [Abbr.]

antimalarial [ antimalarial drug | anti-malaria drug | antimalarial agent | antipaludian ]

24. With a view to limiting inappropriate use and uncontrolled access to antimicrobial agents, including through increasing illegal internet sales, welcomes Member States' initiatives to review the legal status of all oral, inhaled and parenteral antimicrobials (including antimalarial, antiviral and antifungal drugs) that remain available to patients without a prescription; stresses that antimicrobials should not be freely available without a prescription as this encourages self-treatment, often based on inaccurate assumptions; calls on the Member States to raise awareness against over-the-counter and illegal sales of antimicrobials in ...[+++] both the human health and the veterinary sector;

D. whereas the WHO estimates that the counterfeiting of medicines now affects 10% of the world market, and whereas the US Food and Drug Administration puts the figure at more than 10%; whereas up to 70% of anti-malaria drugs circulating in Cameroon are counterfeit, a figure confirmed for six other African countries by the WHO in 2003; whereas 25% of all medicines used in developing countries are apparently counterfeit (50% in Pakistan and Nigeria),

D. whereas the WHO estimates that the counterfeiting of medicines now affects 10% of the world market, and the Food and Drug Administration puts the figure at more than 10%; up to 70% of anti-malaria drugs circulating in Cameroon are counterfeit, a figure confirmed for six other African countries by the WHO in 2003; 25% of all medicines used in developing countries are apparently counterfeit (50% in Pakistan and Nigeria),

In the face of drug resistance and ineffective insecticides, the WHO recommends combining two antimalarials, one being a derivative of artemisinin made from the plant Artemisia annua.