Thailand

Celebrity Panda To Return To Thailand, For $1 Million A Year

Bill Chappell — Fri, 10 May 2013 20:37:00 +0000

The citizens of Thailand are breathing a sigh of relief, after a breakthrough moment in panda relations was reached with China Friday.

Fake Malaria Drugs Fuel Rise Of Drug-Resistant Disease

Jason Beaubien — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 08:48:00 +0000

Counterfeit drugs are a growing scourge around the world. They're generating millions of dollars in revenue for organized crime and fueling the rise of drug-resistant parasites.

Anti-malarials are among the most popular drugs to fake. But these faux pharmaceuticals are particularly dangerous because malaria can kill a person in a matter of days.

"Someone comes with malaria," says Stephane Proux, a researcher at the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit in Thailand, setting up a scenario.

A View From The Ground: Thailand Confronts Drug-Resistant Malaria

Jason Beaubien — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 17:47:00 +0000

Global efforts to combat malaria are under threat from new strains of drug-resistant malaria, which are cropping up in Southeast Asia.

Over the last decade, the number of malaria deaths around the world has dropped sharply, from just over 1 million in 2000 to roughly 600,000 last year.

Much of that progress is due to the widespread use of drugs containing artemisinin.

With Obama's Asia Trip, An Attempted Focus Shift

Sun, 18 Nov 2012 12:04:00 +0000

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:

This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News, I'm Rachel Martin.

President Obama is making his first foreign trip since winning re-election. He's in Thailand today. And tomorrow, he'll make a visit to Myanmar, the country also known as Burma, before he goes on to a regional summit in Cambodia. Last year, the White House announced what it called a strategic pivot to the Pacific, a renewed foreign policy focus on Asia. That shift has been waylaid by U.S.

Signs Of Drug-Resistant Malaria Emerge In Vietnam And Myanmar

Michaeleen Doucleff — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 18:28:00 +0000

Last spring, the global health community got some alarming news about its last, best treatment for malaria.