Episodes of malaria were identified as described previously [4].
Insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) are proven to reduce malaria deaths in children by one fifth and episodes of malaria by half, according to one Cochrane study.
This paper focuses on household strategies for treating episodes of malaria reported in an on-going, longitudinal study of household health and access to care in Chad.
Without an LLIN and with mosquitoes breeding just outside the door-less entrance to the house, Saidu's young daughters are likely to have many more episodes of malaria – with high chances at their young ages that one might be fatal.
A randomised control trial in a Ugandan community (pdf) last year found that the tea, when consumed once a week, was effective in preventing multiple episodes of malaria in humans living in malaria endemic areas.
Her study found that among 561 healthy children who were assumed not to be H.I.V.-infected and who did not take the antibiotic and sleep under bed nets, there were 356 episodes of malaria.
The results show that the intervention resulted in an improved flow of information to clients prescribed chloroquine, and better labeling of drugs for the home treatment of acute clinical episodes of malaria in the intervention area.
The researchers teased out the effects of ritonavir by separately analyzing first episodes of malaria and recurrent cases.
In a large phase III trial, it reduced episodes of malaria by about one-third in young children in sub-Saharan Africa.
A total of 690 children experienced 1464 episodes of malaria.
