CGD in the News

Bad Malaria Pills in Africa Raise Resistance Fears (Associated Press)

February 09, 2010

The Associated Press quoted CGD deputy director of global health Rachel Nugent on drug restitence.

From the article:

""I am alarmed by these results because it means there are many cases of malaria that are being only partially treated, and that just guarantees acceleration of artemisinin drug resistance," said Rachel Nugent, deputy director for Global Health at the Center for Global Development, a U.S. think tank. "It is the most comprehensive study out there on antimalarials and should be a wake-up call."

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