Global report on antimalarial drug efficacy and drug resistance. - Geneva : World Health Organization, 2010. - 115 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

This report provides a comprehensive, global overview of antimalarial drug efficacy and the resistance of malaria parasites to the antimalarial medicines used between 2000 and June 2010. Policy-makers in national ministries of health will benefit from this document, as it provides both a global and a regional picture of the efficacy of the antimalarial medicines currently used in national treatment programmes. In addition, the report will be a reference for scientists, enhancing their understanding of the complexity of antimalarial drug resistance.

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Malaria
Antimalarials
Epidemiologic surveillance
Drug resistance.
Drug monitoring.
Treatment outcome.

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