{"id":54226,"date":"2025-07-10T12:13:36","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T06:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=54226"},"modified":"2025-07-10T13:57:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T08:27:34","slug":"coartem-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/coartem-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"Coartem Baby"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Coartem Baby Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a major milestone, Swiss authorities have approved Coartem Baby, the first-ever malaria treatment specifically designed for babies and very young children.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Coartem Baby<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>new drug<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> specifically designed for <\/span><b>infants weighing 2\u20135 kg<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (newborns to under 6 months) which has formulation of <\/span><b>artemether and lumefantrine<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 that work together to <\/span><b>fight the malaria parasite.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>developed by Novartis, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in collaboration with <\/span><b>Medicines for Malaria Venture<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (MMV) and the governments of Britain, Switzerland, the Netherlands, <\/span><b>the World Bank,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the Rockefeller Foundation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, infants have used formulations meant for older children, increasing the risk of overdose.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eight African countries\u2014Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda\u2014participated in the assessment and clinical trials of Coartem Baby.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Advantages of Coartem Baby: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The formulation is designed to <\/span><b>dissolve easily, including in breast milk,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has a sweet cherry <\/span><b>flavour to ease administration.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Key Facts about Malaria<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a life-threatening febrile illness <\/span><b>caused by Plasmodium parasites,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> transmitted through the bites of infected <\/span><b>female Anopheles mosquitoes.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The disease <\/span><b>is not contagious<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but can be spread through infected blood or contaminated needles.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most dangerous species are Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Symptoms and Risks<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Symptoms appear 10\u201315 days after infection and include fever, chills, and headache<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Severe symptoms can include seizures, difficulty breathing, jaundice, dark urine, and death if untreated.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Partial immunity can develop in endemic regions, making diagnosis difficult in some patients.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/world\/malaria-treatment-for-babies-approved-rollout-africa-10114164\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coartem Baby is a new antimalarial drug formulated specifically for infants weighing 2\u20135 kg, targeting newborns to under 6 months of age. 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