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One Of The Most Widely Used Artemisinin-Based Combination Therapies (ACTs), Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine, Globally Recommended By WHO For Treating Malaria, Is Found To Be Failing In Southeast Asia. Though Worrisome, This Comes As No Surprise As Southeast Asia Is Known For First Hatching Drug-Resistant Malaria. Hmm!

Mutant Drug-Resistant Parasites Threaten Global Progress Against Malaria : Goats and Soda : NPR

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/07/22/742674941/study-malaria-drugs-are-failing-at-an-alarming-rate-in-southeast-asia

Mutant parasites have built up resistance to first-line malaria drugs, according to two new studies in The Lancet. Scientists worry that this could overturn global progress against the disease.