Bad malaria pills in Africa raise resistance fears

February 8, 2010, 9:28 am by Associated Press Healthwire

High rates of the most effective type of malaria-fighting drugs sold in three African countries are poor quality - including nearly half the pills sampled in Senegal - raising fears of increased drug resistance that could wipe out the last weapon left to battle a disease that kills 1 million people each year, according to a U.S. report released Monday....

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