Alarm as ’super malaria’ spreads in South East Asia
'Against the clock'
There is a push to eliminate malaria in the Greater Mekong sub-region before it is too late.
Prof Dondorp added: "It's a race against the clock - we have to eliminate it before malaria becomes untreatable again and we see a lot of deaths.
"If I'm honest, I'm quite worried."
Michael Chew, from the Wellcome Trust medical research charity, said: "The spread of this malaria 'superbug' strain, resistant to the most effective drug we have, is alarming and has major implications for public health globally.
"Around 700,000 people a year die from drug-resistant infections, including malaria.
"If nothing is done, this could increase to millions of people every year by 2050."
Source: BBC
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