Artemisinin resistance is rising in East Africa—leaving anti-malarials at risk of failure

Resistance to the main drug in front-line malaria treatments is becoming more widespread across East Africa, according to new ...
Medical Xpress

Antimicrobial resistance leads to more deaths and illnesses in the WHO African region than anywhere else: Study

Over 1.05 million deaths were associated with antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and 250,000 deaths were attributable to AMR in the WHO African region, posing an unprecedented health threat. That's ...
The Africa Report

Antimicrobial resistance epidemic in Africa – the invisible killer

Fourteen-year-old Isaiah dreams of one day becoming a lawyer. Sadly, his current circumstances inspire anything but hope. The Nigerian high school student was born with sickle-cell anaemia by a mother ...
News Medical

Study finds artemisinin resistance in African children with severe malaria

Mutations in malarial parasites linked to artemisinin-resistance in Southeast Asia have now been found in African children hospitalised for complicated malaria, according to a new study presented at ...