Evaluation of severe malaria case management in Mazowe District, Zimbabwe, 2014
INTRODUCTION: malaria is a preventable and curable disease. Mazowe district had been experiencing a lower malaria transmission rate in comparison to other districts in the Mashonaland Central province but it experienced a huge outbreak in the 2013-2014 rainy seasons with a case fatality rate (CFR)...
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| author | Bargley Makumbe Cremence Tshuma Gerald Shambira More Mungati Notion Tafara Gombe Donewell Bangure Tsitsi Patience Juru Mufuta Tshimanga |
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| description | INTRODUCTION: malaria is a preventable and curable disease. Mazowe district had been experiencing a lower malaria transmission rate in comparison to other districts in the Mashonaland Central province but it experienced a huge outbreak in the 2013-2014 rainy seasons with a case fatality rate (CFR) of 0.21%. This CFR was the highest in the province and it was twice as much as the national CFR (0.12%) for the same period. We evaluated severe malaria case management in Mazowe district to determine if practice is as per standard treatment guidelines. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7c6c91fd338b46d79e6ebb09bb5fa39c2022-12-21T20:01:47ZengThe Pan African Medical JournalThe Pan African Medical Journal1937-86881937-86882017-05-01273310.11604/pamj.2017.27.33.1108111081Evaluation of severe malaria case management in Mazowe District, Zimbabwe, 2014Bargley Makumbe0Cremence Tshuma1Gerald Shambira2More Mungati3Notion Tafara Gombe4Donewell Bangure5Tsitsi Patience Juru6Mufuta Tshimanga7 Department of Community Medicine, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe Ministries of Health and Child Care, Provincial Medical Directorate Mashonaland Central, Bindura, Zimbabwe Department of Community Medicine, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe Department of Community Medicine, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe Department of Community Medicine, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe Department of Community Medicine, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe Department of Community Medicine, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe Department of Community Medicine, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe INTRODUCTION: malaria is a preventable and curable disease. Mazowe district had been experiencing a lower malaria transmission rate in comparison to other districts in the Mashonaland Central province but it experienced a huge outbreak in the 2013-2014 rainy seasons with a case fatality rate (CFR) of 0.21%. This CFR was the highest in the province and it was twice as much as the national CFR (0.12%) for the same period. We evaluated severe malaria case management in Mazowe district to determine if practice is as per standard treatment guidelines. https://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/27/33/pdf/33.pdf severe malariacase managementpatient monitoring |
| spellingShingle | Bargley Makumbe Cremence Tshuma Gerald Shambira More Mungati Notion Tafara Gombe Donewell Bangure Tsitsi Patience Juru Mufuta Tshimanga Evaluation of severe malaria case management in Mazowe District, Zimbabwe, 2014 The Pan African Medical Journal severe malaria case management patient monitoring |
| title | Evaluation of severe malaria case management in Mazowe District, Zimbabwe, 2014 |
| title_full | Evaluation of severe malaria case management in Mazowe District, Zimbabwe, 2014 |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of severe malaria case management in Mazowe District, Zimbabwe, 2014 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of severe malaria case management in Mazowe District, Zimbabwe, 2014 |
| title_short | Evaluation of severe malaria case management in Mazowe District, Zimbabwe, 2014 |
| title_sort | evaluation of severe malaria case management in mazowe district zimbabwe 2014 |
| topic | severe malaria case management patient monitoring |
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https://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/27/33/pdf/33.pdf
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