Artemisinin’s 50th Anniversary!Saved millions of people around the world, Chinese won the first Nobel Prize in medicine with it
today(4moon25Day) is “World Malaria Day”, and it is also the advent of artemisinin50On the anniversary, the artemisinin discovered by Chinese scientist Tu Youyou and her team has become a special drug for the treatment of malaria, which not only saved millions of lives around the world, but also allowed Chinese scholars to win the2015Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Malaria is an infectious disease with widespread global influence. Mosquitoes are an important transmission medium. Statistics show that before the discovery of artemisinin, about4million people are infected with malaria, at least100Thousands of people died from the disease.
In order to develop antimalarial drugs,1967In 2009, the Chinese government launched“523project“intends to concentrate national scientific and technological forces to jointly develop new antimalarial drugs.
1972In 2008, Tu Youyou and her team discovered artemisinin, known as the “Chinese Godly Herb”. After continuous experiments, they confirmed the therapeutic effect of artemisinin on malaria, and eventually became a special drug for the treatment of malaria.after many years2015In 2008, Youyou Tu shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine that year with two other overseas science awards.
2021year6moon30The World Health Organization announced that China has passed the certification of malaria elimination.Malaria infection cases in China1940age3000The reduction of 10,000 to zero is a remarkable feat.
According to WHO standards, a country or area has continuous3Only when there are no native malaria cases in 2019, and effective rapid detection and monitoring systems for malaria, and malaria prevention and control programs are established, can the certification for malaria elimination be obtained.
According to official data, as of2021By the end of the year, China has provided billions of doses of artemisinin medicines, trained tens of thousands of antimalarial technicians for developing countries,30Countries aided in the construction of malaria prevention and control centers, and China72from developing countries2.810,000 foreign aid medical team members widely use artemisinin drugs and therapy to prevent and treat malaria.
In the past half century, China’s anti-malarial aid has achieved great results. According to the statistics of the World Health Organization, there are about2.4billion people benefit from artemisinin combination therapy.
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