Thailand-Cambodia: Temple conflict could spell malarial doom

Because that's an actual danger zone:
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The 11th-century Preah Vihear temple lies at the centre of an international dispute for ownership between Cambodia and Thailand. It is also close to a region that last year saw the emergence of a form of malaria resistant to artemisinins, the most potent antimalarial treatment we have. As troops from Cambodia and Thailand exchange fire, this drug-resistant strain of the disease now threatens to spread.

The fear is that the conflict will undermine a $175 million effort launched by the WHO last month to block the spread of artemisinin-resistant malaria. Under this programme, health workers in Cambodia and Thailand have been tasked with detecting new cases of the disease, monitoring resistance and keeping infection in check. Now troop manoeuvres are making this a potential no-go zone. What's more, health workers are not being allowed to check the soldiers for infection and resistance.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20101-temple-conflict-could-spell-malarial-doom.html