New malaria option

New malaria option

AUSTRALIAN medicines regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration, has approved the first new malaria prevention product in 20 years.

The new drug, which will be available on prescription, kills malaria parasites in the blood and liver, and can be used by adults 18 years and over for up to six months of continuous dosing.

Each year more than four million Australians travel to areas where malaria is present, and about 500 contract the disease.

Source: traveldaily