Links & resources

Artemisinin Enterprise: 3 complementary scientific projects that aim to improve artemisinin production technologies and reduce the price of ACTs to patients

Comparative Assessment of Technologies for Extraction of Artemisinin
A summary of report commissioned through Malaria Medicines Ventures (MMV)
Malcolm Cutler, Alexei Lapkin and Pawel K. Plucinski
August 2006 [in English]

Artemisia, Agriculture and Malaria in Africa:
The Interplay of Tradition, Science and Public Policy
A working paper by Dana G. Dalrymple
3rd edition 2012[in English]

The world of Artemisia in 44 questions
The Royal Tropical Institute
Willem Heemskerk, Henk Schallig, Bart de Steenhuijsen Piters
March 2006 [in English]

French version

Artemisia

Artemisia annua
Photo: WHO/S Hollyman

Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) uses a combination of anti-malaria drugs, one of which is an artemisinin derivative. Artemisinin can be extracted from A. annua. Under the name "Qinghaosu", it has been used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat fever for over 2000 years.

Links & resources:

The 5th Annual Artemisinin Conference, Madagascar, 2010
the portal of information on the market of ACTs and the production chain of ACTs
Artepal
the portal of information on the market of ACTs and the production chain of ACTs
Artemisia annua; the plant, production, processing and medicinal applications
Updated EcoPort version by Peter Griffee (ex FAO), Per Diemer (FAO consultant) and WHO
The Genetic Map of Artemisia annua L. Identifies Loci Affecting Yield of the Antimalarial Drug Artemisinin Science 327, no. 5963, pp. 328 - 331 (2010) (access through CNAP web)
A Science Perspectives article comments on the CNAP project "The botanical solution for malaria" Science 327. no. 5963, pp. 279 - 280 (2010) (access through CNAP web)

The Global Partnership for a Malaria-free World

Commodity Access

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Artemisia