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PBS NewsHour. Fighting malaria in the remote reaches of Cambodia /

Malaria causes nearly half a million deaths worldwide every year. Ninety percent of them are in sub-Saharan Africa, where poor infrastructure limits delivery of drugs. But now there is worry that those drugs are losing effectiveness as disease strains become resistant. Special correspondent Fred de...

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Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Arlington, VA : NewsHour Productions, 2019.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Malaria > Cambodia > Prevention.
Malaria > Chemotherapy > Cambodia.
Antimalarials > Cambodia.
Drug resistance > Cambodia.
Paludisme > Cambodge > Prévention.
Paludisme > Chimiothérapie > Cambodge.
Antipaludiques > Cambodge.
Antimalarials
Drug resistance
Malaria > Chemotherapy
Malaria > Prevention
Cambodia
Television news programs
Television news programs.
Téléjournaux.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Malaria causes nearly half a million deaths worldwide every year. Ninety percent of them are in sub-Saharan Africa, where poor infrastructure limits delivery of drugs. But now there is worry that those drugs are losing effectiveness as disease strains become resistant. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from Cambodia, where scientists are researching and tracking new outbreaks.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed April 12, 2019).
Physical Description:1 online resource (7 minutes)
Playing Time:00:06:53