Thailand has handed drugs and pesticides to Burma in an attempt to eradicate malaria from border areas. The nine-million-baht gift was made yesterday with a first batch of 38.5 tonnes of insecticides and quinine being donated. Further hand-overs will take place at border points in Chiang Rai, Kanchanaburi and Ranong. The Tak hand-over was witnessed by Communicable Disease Control director-general, Yuth Potharamik, and Burmese Malaria control project director, Soe Aung. The Thai cabinet agreed to pick up the tab following a World Health Organisation request to the Public Health Ministry.