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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Symptom overlap for malaria and pneumonia - Policy implications for home management strategies
Acta Tropica, Volume 90, No. 2, Year 2004
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Malaria and pneumonia are the leading causes of child death in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI) at health facilities is presumptive: fever for malaria, and cough/difficult breathing with fast breathing for pneumonia. Of 3671 Ugandan under-fives at 14 health centres, 30% had symptoms compatible both with malaria and pneumonia, necessitating dual treatment. Of 2944 "malaria" cases, 37% also had "pneumonia". The Global Fund and Roll Back Malaria are now supporting home management of malaria strategies across SSA. To adequately treat the sick child, these community strategies need to address the malaria-pneumonia symptom overlap and manage both conditions. © 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Källander, Karin
Sweden, Stockholm
Karolinska Institutet
Nsungwa-Sabiiti, Jesca
Uganda, Kampala
Makerere University
Uganda, Kampala
Uganda Ministry of Health
Peterson, Stefan Swartling
Sweden, Stockholm
Karolinska Institutet
Statistics
Citations: 263
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.actatropica.2003.11.013
ISSN:
0001706X
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Infectious Diseases
Maternal And Child Health