Insight

Can Asia save Africa from drug-resistant malaria?

IN a wooden hut on the Thai-Burmese border, a community health worker pricks the finger of six-month-old Tannakorn, who lets out a whimper. Fifteen minutes and a blood test later, his mother is given good news. Tannakorn’s fever is not malaria and he can go home.It is an unremarkable exchange, repeated thousands of times every day in South East Asia and around the world.
Villagers on Thailandu2019s border with Burma are tested for drug-resistant malaria. Net photo.
Villagers on Thailand’s border with Burma are tested for drug-resistant malaria. Net photo.
Times Reporter