Today, I pay tribute to Tu Youyou!

Today

is the 15th National Malaria Day

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Malaria is one of the most serious infectious diseases in the world

From talk about ” “Malaria” discolorationto achieve malaria-free

China’s road to malaria elimination

away Do not prescribe artemisinin

and its discovererTu Youyou

1960s

Chloroquine is ineffective against malaria

Humans suffer from malaria

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In 1969

Tu Youyou, 39 years old, was ordered in danger

Accepted the “523” Office of the National Malaria Prevention and Control Project

the arduous antimalarial research task

through hundreds of traditional Chinese medicines Screening, hundreds of failures

Tu Youyou and her team finally developed artemisinin

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Since 1970s

artemisinin-based antimalarial drugs

A lifesaver in a malaria-ravaged region

According to incomplete statistics of WHO

Artemisinin in the world

Millions of lives saved

” width As a lifelong researcher of the Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences

a recipient of the highest national science and technology award

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Tu Youyou has never stopped the practice of traditional Chinese medicine research

artemisinin, dihydroartemisinin,

< p>Compound Artemether, Dihydroartemisinin Piperaquine Tablets…

Widely used in antimalarial clinics

< p>Also go abroad and eventually affect the world

2020

my country achieves malaria elimination goal

June 30, 2021

WHO declares China certified malaria-free

Malaria infections in China

reduced from 30 million in the 1940s to 0

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Salute to Tu Youyou!

Salute to all researchers!


Source: People’s Daily WeChat, China News Network, Peking University, etc.Editors of this issue: Hu Hongjiang, Wang Pingping

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