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Submitted by admin on Fri, 07/06/2012 - 09:39
Posted: 9:39 am, Jul 6, 2012
Source: voanews.com 
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Health ministers from the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) are being asked to support United Nations efforts to stem the spread of drug-resistant strains of malaria, especially along the borders of Cambodia and Burma.

Scientists fear resistant strains of malaria may spread beyond South East Asia, reaching continents such as Africa, a region with many victims of the mosquito-borne parasite.

Tags: United Nations  global health  

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