🇳🇬 Nigeria 9h ago · Aramide Folorunsho

WHO Approves First Malaria Treatment For Infants

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The World Health Organisation announced Friday that it had given prequalification approval to a malaria treatment for newborns and infants for the first time.
Artemether-lumefantrine is the first antimalarial formulation designed specifically for the youngest victims of the mosquito-borne disease.
“The prequalification designation indicates that the medicine meets international standards of quality, safety and efficacy,” the WHO said in a statement.
Up to now, infants have been treat

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