The Pan African Medical Journal (May 2017)

Evaluation of severe malaria case management in Mazowe District, Zimbabwe, 2014

  • Bargley Makumbe,
  • Cremence Tshuma,
  • Gerald Shambira,
  • More Mungati,
  • Notion Tafara Gombe,
  • Donewell Bangure,
  • Tsitsi Patience Juru,
  • Mufuta Tshimanga

DOI
https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2017.27.33.11081
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 27, no. 33

Abstract

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INTRODUCTION: malaria is a preventable and curable disease. Mazowe district had been experiencing a lower malaria transmission rate in comparison to other districts in the Mashonaland Central province but it experienced a huge outbreak in the 2013-2014 rainy seasons with a case fatality rate (CFR) of 0.21%. This CFR was the highest in the province and it was twice as much as the national CFR (0.12%) for the same period. We evaluated severe malaria case management in Mazowe district to determine if practice is as per standard treatment guidelines.

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