Community-based treatment of malaria, pneumonia could save lives, BU study finds
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 - 05:49
in Health & Medicine
Anti-malarial drugs are being used inappropriately for sick children in Zambia with fevers and difficulty breathing - a problem that can be addressed by arming community health workers with a simple rapid-diagnostic test and a supply of antibiotics, a study led by a team of Boston University School of Public Health [BUSPH] researchers has found...