Monitoring antimalarial resistance: launching a cooperative effort

Trends Parasitol. 2010 May;26(5):221-4. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2010.02.008. Epub 2010 Mar 20.

Abstract

Current information on efficacy of antimalarials is crucial to provide early warning of resistance. A collaborative effort between the Global Malaria Program of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network (WWARN) has recently been launched. The effort is planned as a collaboration with the scientific malaria community to create a global, comprehensive, and inclusive network that will provide quality-assured information on antimalarial drug resistance.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antimalarials* / pharmacology
  • Antimalarials* / therapeutic use
  • Databases, Factual*
  • Drug Resistance*
  • Humans
  • International Cooperation
  • Malaria / drug therapy*
  • Plasmodium / drug effects*
  • World Health Organization

Substances

  • Antimalarials