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Title	Establishment of artemisinin combination therapy as first line treatment for combating malaria: Artemisia annua cultivation in India needed for providing sustainable supply chain of artemisinin

Creator	Kumar, Sushil Srivastava, Suchi

Subject	Artemisia annua artemisinin combination therapy malarial drug resistance Plasmodium falciparum malaria supply chain of artemisinin

Description	The Plasmodium falciparum malaria is responsible for about 500 million clinical attacks and one million deaths each year, mostly in Africa and southeast Asia. On account of the parasite having become resistant to the conventional antimalarials, artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) is the only reliable treatment option. The Roll Back Malaria (RBM) and Millennium Development Goals (MDG) campaigns of WHO and UNDP, respectively, have made little headway, mainly because of paucity of artemisinin in world market. Here we show that the cultivation and processing of Artemisia annua, presently the only resource of artemisinins, in India, in partnerships, can help build a sound supply chain of artemisinin.

Date	2013-10-31T04:48:33Z 2013-10-31T04:48:33Z 2005 14 June 2005

Type	Article

Identifier	Current Science, 89(7): 1097-1102 http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/43

Language	en

Publisher	Indian Academy of Sciences

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