Malaria N° 1 - Subjects N° 3

SEVERE COMPLICATED MALARIA IN AFRICA
by T. Niyongabo (with Ph. Deloron and P. Aubry)

SUMMARY
Malaria is still one of the most frequent and severe endemic diseases in developing countries.
W.H.O. puts the annual number of cases of malaria at 200,000,000 and mortality is estimated at between one and two million a year, essentially in African children aged 6 months to 5 years...

SEVERE COMPLICATED MALARIA IN AFRICA
by L.A. Salako

SUMMARY
Malaria is responsible for about 1-2 million deaths in Africa annualy. These deaths occur mainly in children between the ages of six months and five years and result almost entirely from the severe complicated form of falciparum malaria...