Ist <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em>, der Erreger der Malaria tropica, jetzt auch gegen Fansidar resistent? (Publications)
A world-wide increase of malaria infections is observed. Malaria is imported into Switzerland mainly by tourists and recently by refugees from South East Asia. The strains of P. falciparum resistant to [...] patient with P. falciparum infection from Cambodia is reported, who suffered from three episodes of malaria recrudescence within ten weeks, in spite of adequate therapy with quinine and Fansidar. The definition
What Africa can do to accelerate and sustain progress against malaria (Publications)
weaknesses in the fight against malaria and instead reinforces a narrow, commodity-driven vision of disease control. This paper therefore describes the core challenges hindering malaria programs in Africa and [...] After a longstanding global presence, malaria is now largely non-existent or suppressed in most parts of the world. Today, cases and deaths are primarily concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa. According to [...] opportunities to rethink current strategies for sustainable control and...