Data on the prevalence and causes of community-acquired bloodstream infections in Africa
are scarce. We searched three databases for studies that prospectively studied patients …

Malaria is a major cause of death in tropical and sub-tropical countries, killing each year
over 1 million people globally; 90% of fatalities occur in African children. Although effective …

Background More than 3· 5 million children aged less than 5 years die from diarrhoea and
acute lower respiratory-tract infection every year. We undertook a randomised controlled trial …

Malarious patients experience asymptomatic parasitemia; acute febrile illness (with cerebral
damage, anemia, respiratory distress, hypoglycemia); chronic debilitation (anemia …

This article describes the technical basis for the guidelines for the integrated management of
childhood illness (IMCI), which are presented in the WHO/UNICEF training course on IMCI …

Acute respiratory infections (ARIs) are classified as upper respiratory tract infections (URIs)
or lower respiratory tract infections (LRIs). The upper respiratory tract consists of the airways …

For more than 50 years, low-cost antimalarial drugs silently saved millions of lives and cured
billions of debilitating infections. Today, however, these drugs no longer work against the …

Chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) is the result of an initial episode of acute otitis
media and is characterized by a persistent discharge from the middle ear through a …

Background Characterizing infectious disease burden in Africa is important for prioritizing
and targeting limited resources for curative and preventive services and monitoring the …

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 …