For those who can receive BBC Fast Track around the world this week”s programme includes an item on Malaria, a disease that kills more than 1m people around the world each year and lacks a 100% effective vaccine against it. There is, however, considerable excitement in the medical profession about a new drug that is currently going through clinical trials in the UK, and is the chemical extract of a plant that has been known to Chinese medicine for more than 1,000 years. Fast Track looks at the potential implications for travellers and just how quickly they may be able to add a malaria injection to the list of vaccinations they take before trips away. Presenter Akhtar Khan has advice from Dr. Paul Clarke, the Medical Director of Medical Advisory Services for Travellers Abroad, about the best ways to avoid being bitten ” and infected ” by mosquitoes.
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