13. An under appreciated Asian public health disaster * Malaria remains a problem in SE Asia, but we have the tools for control * Counterfeit artesunate MUST be a major risk for death and an impediment to malaria control * Despite 6 years of awareness - situation deteriorating and little action despite severe danger to public health * How many additional deaths - thousands ?
26. Acknowledgements The laboratories and their staff The Government of the People’s Republic of China Food and Drug Quality Control Centre & Food & Drug Department, Lao PDR Guilin Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd, China The Natural History Museum, London and Wolfson College, Oxford, UK David Pizzanelli, Mayfong Mayxay, Bryan Watt, Arjen Dondorp, Frank Smithuis, François Nosten, Lucy Paiphun, Aung Pyae Phyo, Khin Mg Lwin, Rose McGready, Shunmay Yeung, Chongkham Phonekeo, Christopher Curtis, Sue Lee, Nicholas Day, Nicholas White and anonymous collectors for their help and advice Funded by Wellcome Trust of Great Britain, the participating institutions and the United States Agency for International Development through US Pharmacopeia