MALARIA IN HIGHLANDS AND ON KOKODA TRACK

There is a report on BBC about the spread of malaria in Africa and South America to the high altitudes the result of global warming. Please click:

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5 hours ago - By Rebecca Morelle, Science reporter

 6 March 2014. (BBC World Service)

Warmer temperatures are causing

malaria to spread to higher ...

 

The same applies to the highlands of Papua New Guinea and to the Kokoda Track that attracts Australian trekkers every year.

 

The most well used drug now is artemisin which comes from China. But there are reports that the malaria parasite is slowly becoming immune. Where do we go from there? There is a crisis on its way in the world.