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Malaria is resurging with a vengeance on our doorstep but the new drug tafenoquine offers hope - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
However, just 150 kilometres north of Australia a more familiar epidemic is unfolding. An ancient parasite is spreading faster than at any time this century.
In Papua New Guinea, malaria is resurging with a vengeance. There were an estimated 1.4 million malaria cases in the country in 2016, which amounts to a 400 per cent increase, according to the World Health Organisation; 3000 people died.
Close to 60 per cent of malaria cases in PNG are among children under 15 years and too many don't survive the onslaught.
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Promising new anti-malarial drugs are in late stage development. The market could be huge as multi-drug-resistant malaria is at nearly epidemic levels in SE Asia.
However, just 150 kilometres north of Australia a more familiar epidemic is unfolding. An ancient parasite is spreading faster than at any time this century.
In Papua New Guinea, malaria is resurging with a vengeance. There were an estimated 1.4 million malaria cases in the country in 2016, which amounts to a 400 per cent increase, according to the World Health Organisation; 3000 people died.
Close to 60 per cent of malaria cases in PNG are among children under 15 years and too many don't survive the onslaught.
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Promising new anti-malarial drugs are in late stage development. The market could be huge as multi-drug-resistant malaria is at nearly epidemic levels in SE Asia.
