DPA
Phnom Penh - A two-year effort to contain and eliminate a drug-resistant strain of falciparum malaria near the Cambodian-Thai border has shown signs of success, the government said Friday.
Dr Duong Socheat, who heads the National Center for Malaria Control, said an ongoing programme that to date has tested 2,448 villagers near the western town of Pailin revealed only two cases of the strain resistant to artemisinin combination therapy (ACT).
ACT, which uses artemisinin and other drugs to attack the parasite, is the world's most important malaria treatment. Experts are worried the resistant strain could spread from western Cambodia and cause a global malaria crisis.
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