Malaria

Study findings from M. Somandjinga et al provide new insights into malaria

Published in Telemedicine Business Week, January 20th, 2010

"Problem Successful attempts to control malaria require understanding of its complex transmission patterns. Unfortunately malaria transmission in Africa is often assessed using routine administrative reports from local health units, which are plagued by sporadic reporting failures," scientists in the United States report.

"In addition, the lack of microscopic analyses of blood slides in these units introduces the effects of many confounding diseases. Approach The danger of using administrative reports was illustrated in Angola, the first country in which malaria control was attempted under the President's Malaria Initiative, a development programme of the Government of...

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Source: Telemedicine Business Week (2010-01-20)

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