Lifesaving Anti-malarial Drugs

	Steven taking his first dose of artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) at the hospital with a cup of water -- treatment for three days will completely eliminate the malaria parasites from his body. Read the full story. Source: Karie Atkinson/USAID

Artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) are the most effective drugs currently available for treating malaria. PMI activities include supporting the purchase and use of drugs to treat uncomplicated and severe malaria; disseminating information about the correct use and advantages of prompt ACT; setting up management and logistics systems for their distribution through the public and private sectors; and training health care workers and community caregivers in their use.

• Read about the PMI helping to bring effective malaria medicines to Angola - September 2007

Voices from the Field

• Mozambique: Artemisinin-based Combination Therapies Effective in Treating Drug-resistant Malaria
  


• Rwanda: Proper Treatment of Malaria Made Easier with PRIMO
  
  
• Tanzania: ACTs Help Refugees Fight Malaria
  
• Tanzania: Refugees Well Schooled in ACT Use
  
• Tanzania: Antimalarial Drugs Save Girl's Life
  
  
• Ugunda: Antimalarial Drugs Cure Boy of Malaria
  

Additional Resources

• Drug Resistance in Malaria [PDF, 322KB]
• Using Evidence to Change Antimalarial Drug Policy in Kenya [PDF, 1.9MB]
  
• Early Treatment of Childhood Fevers with Pre-packaged Antimalarial Drugs in the Home Reduces Severe Malaria Morbidity in Burkina Faso [PDF, 89KB]