In Kenya, malaria morbidity accounted for 3-8% of absenteeism from school and up to 50% of readily preventable absenteeism
In the Gambia, between 1982- 1987, 1200 children aged 6mths - 5yrs were given malaria chemoprophylaxis or placebo for 3 years
Follow up tests of cognitive abilities, educational achievement and other life-relevant outcomes, were recently completed...is there any difference in outcomes between these 2 groups?
We are always looking at ways of applying knowledge to different situations. We have developed cognitive tests, and now we try them out with different infections to see which are having a greater impact