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Child malaria spikes in Sierra Leone as parents fear coronavirus
Issued on: 14/08/2020 - 05:14Modified: 14/08/2020 - 05:12
Kenema (Sierra Leone) (AFP)
Doctors in a rural Sierra Leone hospital may be accustomed to treating severely ill infants, but they recently admitted one of the worst cases they had ever seen.
An 18-month-old with pallid skin and thinning hair arrived on the wards in the eastern town of Hangha in July suffering from an alarming combination of pneumonia, diarrhoea and malaria.
Even in a country with one of the highest infant mortality rates in the world, the toddler's case was abnormally critical.
"She couldn't sit and stand, she was too weak," said Adama Ansumana, holding her daughter on her lap in the intensive care unit.
The girl recovered, but doctors are warning that extreme cases such as hers are growing more common as patients avoid hospitals for fear of contracting COVID-19...
Child malaria spikes in Sierra Leone as parents fear coronavirus
Issued on: 14/08/2020 - 05:14Modified: 14/08/2020 - 05:12
Kenema (Sierra Leone) (AFP)
Doctors in a rural Sierra Leone hospital may be accustomed to treating severely ill infants, but they recently admitted one of the worst cases they had ever seen.
An 18-month-old with pallid skin and thinning hair arrived on the wards in the eastern town of Hangha in July suffering from an alarming combination of pneumonia, diarrhoea and malaria.
Even in a country with one of the highest infant mortality rates in the world, the toddler's case was abnormally critical.
"She couldn't sit and stand, she was too weak," said Adama Ansumana, holding her daughter on her lap in the intensive care unit.
The girl recovered, but doctors are warning that extreme cases such as hers are growing more common as patients avoid hospitals for fear of contracting COVID-19...