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[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/drug-long-used-by-vets-enters-malaria-fight by PBS NEWS] | [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/drug-long-used-by-vets-enters-malaria-fight by PBS NEWS] | ||
Ivermectin, developed decades ago as a veterinary drug, has already been proved effective in humans against river blindness, a disease caused by worms that invade the eyes. It has also used in campaigns in sub-Saharan Africa against elephantiasis, which is caused by parasitic worms and causes severe swelling of the limbs. | Ivermectin, developed decades ago as a veterinary drug, has already been proved effective in humans against river blindness, a disease caused by worms that invade the eyes. It has also used in campaigns in sub-Saharan Africa against elephantiasis, which is caused by parasitic worms and causes severe swelling of the limbs. | ||
=====A Global Report on Population Mobility and Malaria===== | |||
[https://www.iom.int/sites/g/files/tmzbdl486/files/migrated_files/What-We-Do/docs/REPORT-14Aug2013-v3-FINAL-IOM-Global-Report-Population-Mobility-and-Malaria.pdf by IOM] | |||
Today’s globalised world is witnessing unprecedented | |||
human mobilityi and migrationii trends. There are 214 | |||
million international migrantsiii, along with 740 million | |||
internal migrantsiv | |||
