Greetings
In our last two years in PNG a new treatment came out for Malaria.
You only take it if you get malaria. We have used it three times on
three different people and the symptoms disappeared in 20 minutes in
each case. The research on the internet shows there are instances
however, where it does not work. One piece of research showed it
worked for 80% of cases.
It is available over the counter at chemists in PNG. It is called
dihydroartemisinin and is made from the plant Artemisia or sweet
wormwood (just wormwood in the Bible). The trade name of the one we
got was Cotecxin but in PNG just ask for the Chinese malarial medicine.
We never got malaria ourselves in 8 years in PNG - but that was
largely because we never stood around outside in the twi-light
periods. Most other staff at PAU got malaria - but they often stood
around talking on their way home in the twilight period.
I do not know the availability of artemisinin in other countries but
hope this knowledge will help in dealing with this ever-growing problem.
Cheers
Mike
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Michael Tarburton
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