Malaria

Simple treatment could prevent many child malaria deaths

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, March 8th, 2005

A simple drug, given to children with severe malaria before they reach the hospital, has the potential to save many lives, say researchers from the Makerere Medical School, Kampala, Uganda.

Every year over a million children die of malaria in Africa. The majority of fatalities occur outside hospital, especially in rural areas. For those who do make it to a hospital, half of deaths occur within 24 hours of admission.

Conventional treatment, given by injection, is not possible to administer outside hospital, so buying time by starting treatment which is easy to administer in the community is crucial.

Researchers in Uganda compared...

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