The medicine combines two existing malaria drugs, artesunate and mefloquine. This combination has been widely used in recent years in Latin America and Southeast Asia.

• 一个巴西药品公司与一个非营利性的团队研发了一种新型简单的疟疾治疗法。根据不同的年龄，病人只需在三天中每天吃一片药片或是每天吃两片药片。