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    Source: https://www.scidev.net/sub-saharan-a...ia-deaths.html

    28/08/18
    Zambia trial cuts severe malaria deaths by 96 per cent

    Zambia had about three million malaria cases in 2016
    A pilot trial shows a drug can cut severe malaria deaths by 96 per cent
    If achieved during large-scale implementation, the result could be ground-breaking

    By: Baraka Rateng?

    [KISUMU, KENYAI] A suppository form of the common antimalarial artesunate has dramatically cut child deaths from severe malaria in a trial in rural Zambia, one of the organisations behind the programme has said...

    ...During a 12-month trial with a suppository formulation of the common antimalarial artesunate, deaths from severe malaria cases declined from eight to 0.25 per cent despite identifying 225 and 1,215 cases respectively at the study?s baseline and endline, the researchers announced the findings today...
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