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Although the strategy of artesunate development was orchestrated from within WHO's Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, it relies heavily upon an alliance of scientist, laboratories, industry, regulators and ministries of health to ensure the public health outcome. This development strategy has transformed the way in which WHO does business, both within and outside the Organization. In essence, each and every player has rallied in the challenge to reduce the discrepancy between need and availability of a drug that can has the potential to reduce mortality form the disease.

Type

Journal article

Journal

Medecine tropicale : revue du Corps de sante colonial

Publication Date

01/1998

Volume

58

Pages

97 - 100

Addresses

Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, TDR/WHO, Geneva, Switzerland. gomesm@who.ch

Keywords

Humans, Malaria, Sesquiterpenes, Artemisinins, Antimalarials, Drug Evaluation, Preclinical, Endemic Diseases, Public Health Practice, International Cooperation, Drug and Narcotic Control, Poverty, Drug Industry, Health Services Needs and Demand, World Health Organization, Africa, United States, Europe, Research Support as Topic