The results of the NOHARM trial help address a major barrier to using hydroxyurea treatment in children with SCA in regions where malaria is endemic, thereby moving clinicians a step closer to its wider use across sub-Saharan Africa.
Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) was recommended in 2012 for young children in the Sahel during the peak malaria transmission season.
The survey presents an approach for assessing treatment effectiveness, highlighting bottlenecks which coverage indicators are incapable of detecting, and which may reduce quality and effectiveness of malaria treatment.
Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasite densities do not differ between capillary and venous blood in asymptomatic subjects for both gametocyte and trophozoite stages.
Age-dependent antibody curves and summary means provided a robust and sensitive measure of changes in transmission, with greatest sensitivity among young children.
Northern Uganda hosts a large population of refugees from South Sudan, and malaria is one of the major health problems in the area.
Deficiencies of equipment, supplies and training exist even in public health facilities.
Hypoglycaemia beyond admission in children with malaria appears to be much more frequent than what had been previously described.
This study reveals a high prevalence of RDT-based malaria among children in Bata district.
Taken together, the data demonstrate a strong relationship between the prevailing transmission intensity, parasitaemia levels and the magnitude of inflammatory responses induced during clinical malaria.
