DR Congo: Severe "anemia"? kills 10 children in 1 week in Lubefu District

[Catbird]

The rest of the article discusses local malaria cases, so it appears that these "anemia" cases are being characterized as different from malaria.



Machine translation:

"DRC: anemia and malaria kill children and Tshumbe Punia

April 15, 2013

Ten children under five died in one week, severe anemia in the center of diocesan Tshumbe, territory Lubefu District Sankuru (Kasai Oriental).

Hospital sources say that most of these children die at home for lack of proper care.
A Tshumbe, parents of sick children confide more prophets and other charlatans for prayer sessions and doctors.

The medical assistant director Tshumbe General Hospital, Dr. Jean Claude Otshudi explains that parents do not bring their children to the hospital because they are poor. In addition, the hospital does not have enough blood supply.

The anemia that occurs in children Tshumbe is characterized by high fever, vomiting and diarrhea, and loss of consciousness. Thirty two children under five have already been transfused in a week...".

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[Emily]

Re: DR Congo: Severe "anemia"? kills 10 children in 1 week in Lubefu District

When I searched for the symptoms listed one result was this and there is uranium mining in Sankuru.

Medical Management of the Acute Radiation Syndrome

But I think cerebral malaria might produce all these symptoms, too.

https://bearspace.baylor.edu/Charles_Kemp/www/malaria.htm