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    Thailand battles drug-resistant malaria strains that imperil global campaign
    December 15, 2017in Health, Lead Story, News667by REUTERS
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    Thailand battles drug-resistant malaria strains that imperil global campaign

    Once a smuggling stop for Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge guerrillas, a Thai border town finds itself on the frontline of a new battle against drug-resistant strains of malaria that could frustrate…

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    Burma ‘striving’ to be malaria-free by 2030
    December 6, 2017in Health, Lead Story, News3445by DVB
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    Burma ‘striving’ to be malaria-free by 2030

    The number of malaria cases in Burma has been reduced by 85 percent since 2012, and the country is now aiming to be a malaria-free country by 2030, according to…

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    3,000 diagnosed with dengue fever in Rangoon, 18 died
    July 12, 2017in Health, Lead Story, News, Rangoon700by PAING SOE / DVB
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    3,000 diagnosed with dengue fever in Rangoon, 18 died

    “From early 2017 to 9 July 2017, 2,855 people have been diagnosed with dengue fever and 18 died from the virus.”

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    16 dead as dengue fever sweeps Arakan State
    July 11, 2017in Arakan, Health, Lead Story, News592by PAING SOE / DVB
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    16 dead as dengue fever sweeps Arakan State

    The number of dengue fever cases in the first six months of this year was higher than the whole of 2016.

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    Malaria superbugs threaten global malaria control: scientists
    February 3, 2017in Health, Lead Story, News408by REUTERS
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    Malaria superbugs threaten global malaria control: scientists

    Multidrug-resistant malaria superbugs have taken hold in parts of Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, threatening to undermine progress against the disease, scientists said.

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    New study adds urgency to concerns about drug-resistant malaria
    June 24, 2016in Health, Lead Story, News543by THE BANGKOK POST
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    New study adds urgency to concerns about drug-resistant malaria

    The first-line anti-malaria therapy used along the Thai-Burmese since 1994 is becoming increasingly ineffective in treating the disease, according to a new study.

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