| Updated Sun, June 25th 2017 at 00:00 GMT +3Health experts have warned that Kenya’s number one malaria treatment drug is no longer effective. Speaking at a forum in Arusha, Tanzania, the scientists said AL— the first line malaria medicine in Kenya—should be replaced with the second line drug called DP which previous studies have shown is more effective. But significantly was the introduction into the market of the malaria drug Duo Cotexin by Holley Cotec of China. Going by the scientific name Dihydroartemisinin/piperaquine or DP, the drug was soon to become the recommended second line drug in Kenya. “The study therefore recommends that DP, which is a second line drug, should be adopted as a first line drug,” says the statement.

Source: Standard Digital June 24, 2017 20:03 UTC