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Saving Lives, Buying Time : Economics of Malaria Drugs in an Age of Resistance

by Board on Global Health , Committee on the Economics of Antimalarial Drugs , Institute of Medicine

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Format Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10 0309092183
ISBN-13 9780309092180
Publisher National Academies Press
Imprint National Academies Press
Country of Manufacture GB
Country of Publication GB
Publication Date Sep 9th, 2004
Print length 384 Pages
Weight 301 grams
Dimensions 22.90 x 15.20 x 2.50 cms
Product Classification: Infectious & contagious diseasesInfectious and contagious diseasesPharmacologyPharmacology
Ksh 12,800.00
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Examines the history of malaria treatments, provides an overview of the drug crisis, and offers recommendations on maximizing access to and effectiveness of antimalarial drugs.
For more than 50 years, low-cost antimalarial drugs silently saved millionsof lives and cured billions of debilitating infections. Today, however, thesedrugs no longer work against the deadliest form of malaria that existsthroughout the world. Malaria deaths in sub-Saharan Africa—currently justover one million per year—are rising because of increased resistance to theold, inexpensive drugs. Although effective new drugs called "artemisinins"are available, they are unaffordable for the majority of the affected population,even at a cost of one dollar per course.

Saving Lives, Buying Time: Economics of Malaria Drugs in an Age ofResistance examines the history of malaria treatments, provides an overviewof the current drug crisis, and offers recommendations on maximizingaccess to and effectiveness of antimalarial drugs. The book finds that most peoplein endemic countries will not have access to currently effective combinationtreatments, which should include an artemisinin, without financing from the global community. Without funding for effective treatment, malaria mortality could double over the next 10 to 20 years and transmission will intensify.

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