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You are watching The Plant that Cures Malaria Season 1 Episode 3

The disease is both the cause and consequence of African poverty. In Uganda, farmer Clovis Kabaseke believes he has an answer.  Artemisinin-based Combination Therapies, or ACTs, are one of the best new hopes for defeating Malaria. Clovis hopes that by encouraging African farmers to grow the plant, he can cure both poverty and this deadly disease.

• On site 17 October 2008
• Air date 18 October 2008
• Produced for BBC World

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Keywords

• Survival Malaria,
• Drug resistance,
• MMV,
• Medicines for Malaria Venture,
• generic drugs,
• artemisia