Despite the well-documented clinical efficacy of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) against malaria, the population-level effects of ACT have not been studied thoroughly until recently. An ideal case study for these population-level effects can be found in Vietnam’s gradual adoption of artemisinin in the 1990s.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/decline-malaria-vietnam-1991%E2%80%932014
[2] https://malariajournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12936-018-2372-8
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/sandra-m-goldlust
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/phung-duc-thuan
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/dang-duy-hoang-giang-et-al
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/malaria-journal
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/malaria
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/vietnam
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/vector-borne-diseases
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/vector-control
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-policy