The state of malaria in a rural-mission hospital in Nkhoma, Malawi

dc.contributor.authorCrowley, Bailey
dc.contributor.authorO'Brien, Éabha
dc.contributor.authorKabota, Sam
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-11T14:31:08Z
dc.date.available2024-10-11T14:31:08Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: In recent times, malaria has fallen out of the limelight due to an economical migration of populations into medium and higher income settings. Despite this, it remains endemic in 31 countries with 228 million cases per annum. In Malawi, the WHO have reported that all of its citizens are at risk of contracting the disease. In this study we hope to expand on the clinical data available at a rural mission hospital in Malawi, as well as highlight some of the external global health factors in such environments. Methods: An observational retrospective cohort study looking at severe malaria admission in a paediatric population was conducted. The Nkhoma hospital Paediatric department was the centre of the data collection which focused on the diagnosis of severe malaria, as well as the signs and symptoms and treatment regimens of same. Results: Severe malaria accounted for over 40% of all paediatric admissions in the month of May 2019. Patients suffered from anaemia (80%) and cerebral malaria (41%), as well as a host of generalised symptoms such as fever (95%), vomiting (36%), malaise (30%), and diarrhoea (21%). Promisingly, a strict and comprehensive treatment regime for severe malaria was in practice with artesunate, Lumefantrine used in ~100% of cases. Conclusion: Sadly, malaria continues to create horrendous amounts of morbidity and mortality, but our united commitment to eradicating malaria is stronger than ever. en
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dc.identifier.citationCrowley, B., O'Brien, É. and Kabota, S. (2019) 'The state of malaria in a rural-mission hospital in Nkhoma, Malawi', UCC Student Medical Journal, Vol. 1, pp. 8-16. https://doi.org/10.33178/SMJ.2019.1.1en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.33178/SMJ.2019.1.1
dc.identifier.endpage16
dc.identifier.issn2737-7237
dc.identifier.journalabbrevUCC SMJ
dc.identifier.journaltitleUCC Student Medical Journalen
dc.identifier.startpage8
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/16548
dc.identifier.urihttps://journals.ucc.ie/index.php/smj/article/view/4308
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUCC Medical Research and Technology Societyen
dc.relation.urihttps://journals.ucc.ie/index.php/smj/article/view/4308/6458
dc.rights© 2019, the Author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
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dc.subjectMalariaen
dc.subjectRural medicineen
dc.subjectMalawien
dc.titleThe state of malaria in a rural-mission hospital in Nkhoma, Malawien
dc.typePeer-reviewed Articleen
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