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PMI: Presidents Malaria Initiative - Saving lives in Africa.

Touching Individual Lives: A Photo Documentary of PMI

Photo of a pack of tablets formulated to cure malaria in a child under-5 provided by PMI.
Source: Karie Atkinson/USAID

Besides investing in spraying, nets, and medicines to prevent malaria in pregnant women, PMI provides highly effective drugs formulated for children, such as artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT), which are similar to the blister pack of yellow tablets shown here. The drugs are made from the ancient Chinese medicinal plant artemisia annua. Two tablets a day for three days will cure malaria in a child under-5. 

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