Health
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Donald G. McNeil Jr.
Saving Children With Malaria in Remote Villages
The World Health Organization endorsed the idea of artesunate suppositories in 2005, but it was not until February that a version won full WHO approval. It is made by Cipla, the Indian company that in 2001 became the first to make inexpensive generic
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Donald G. McNeil Jr.
From Nothing to Gangbusters: A Treatment for Sickle-Cell Disease Proves Effective in Africa
The condition is found throughout the Americas and the Caribbean among descendants of Africans brought to this hemisphere by the slave trade. Sickle-cell disease also is found less frequently in southern Europe, the Middle East and India.
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