BY ABDUEL ELINAZA, 29 APRIL 2014 ALLAFRICA.COM
Guangzhou — TANZANIA could be headed to a malaria-free country, thanks to Chinese medical research findings that target the disease-causing parasite itself instead of the mosquitoes which carry it. The current approach to deal with malaria is to control mosquitoes, which spread the disease by either killing them with insecticides or by draining bodies of stagnant water in which their larvae live.
However, Dr Li Guoqiao of the Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine has developed a drug therapy based on artemisinin which attacks the malaria parasite to eradicate the disease.
According to General Manager, Mr Pan Longhua of Artepharm Company which manufactures the drug, after successfully eradicating malaria in the Comoros, a similar project was designed to be extended to Tanzania and talks to that end had reached an encouraging stage.
"I was in Tanzania two months ago where I met with the minister for health. We exchanged ideas and the prospects are good," Mr Pan told the 'Daily News.' "We are still exchanging ideas and other stakeholders are very supportive. Once everything has been agreed the pilot project will take off later this year," he added.
Dawa hii ikifanikiwa kuondoa kabisa ugonjwa wa malaria itasaidia sana.
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