Malaria

African Mothers Over-Report Fever In Their Children

Published in Blood Weekly, November 1st, 2001

Research has shown that African mothers greatly over-report fever in their children. As a result the children are given antimalaria drugs too often.

African families seldom possess thermometers. Another outcome of the study is that it opens up the possibility of detecting anemia at village level using a new and simple method.

Studies showed that many mothers stated that the sick child had a fever after feeling the forehead, even though the child's body temperature was normal. In practice, this frequently leads to an incorrect diagnosis of malaria, particularly if there is no health center nearby that can confirm the child's fever. When...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2001-11-01)

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