Most paediatric fevers not caused by malaria

by IRIN | on Jul6 2010

DAKAR – More than half the paediatric fevers treated in public health clinics in Africa are caused by diseases other than malaria, according to a study by Oxford University and other research groups, whose authors caution against the “continued indiscriminate use of anti-malarials for all fevers across Africa.”

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