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Glossary of Terms

Combination Therapies for Acute Uncomplicated Falciparum Malaria

ACT: Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy.
ARIPO: African Regional Intellectual Property Organization.
Artemisia: A kind of grass from which Artemisinin is extracted.
ATQ: Abbreviation of Artequick, which is a kind of Artemisinin & Piperaquine complex prescription, and the 4th generation of anti-malarial agent invented by Pr. Li Guoqiao.
GAP: Good Aquaculture Practice.
GMP: Good Manufacturing Practice.
FEMSE: Abbreviation for Fast Elimination of Malaria by Source Eradication, which is a method advocated by Professor Li Guoqiao, for quickly eradicating malaria infection source in order to control the spread of malaria.
NIH: National Institutes of Health.
OAPI: African Organization of Intellectual Property.
PQ: Prequalification.
RBM: Abbreviation of Roll Back Malaria, Roll Back Malaria organization, which is an international partner organization established by the World Bank, World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and United Nations Development Program (UNDP) for the coordination of the global malaria control, in 1998.
WHO: World Health Organization.