Togo: New malaria drugs beyond the reach of many

Togo's health ministry is throwing its weight behind new combination drugs in the fight against malaria but their high price-tags put them beyond the reach of many people, who turn instead to traditional remedies and black market medicines. Malaria kills an African child every 30 seconds, according to the World Health Organisation, which says one of the greatest challenges facing the continent is the parasite's increasing resistance to established treatments such as chloroquine, the cheapest and most widely-used antimalarial.