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Credit: Pearl Gan
Tuesday, 24 June 2008

Study demonstrates mass drug administration effective at supporting malaria elimination in remote ‘hotspots’ of Myanmar

A study recently published in The Lancet suggests that early diagnosis and treatment combined with mass drug administration significantly decreased P. falciparum incidence in certain malaria hotspot areas of Eastern Myanmar