Confidential inquiry into malaria deaths

• Published in: Bulletin of the World Health Organization Vol. 77; no. 3; pp. 263 - 266
• Main Authors: DÜRRHEIM, D. N, FRIEREMANS, S, KRUGER, P, MABUZA, A, DE BRUYN, J. C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Genève Organisation mondiale de la santé 01.01.1999; World Health Organization
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Antiparasitic agents; Biological and medical sciences; Case management; Cause of Death; Child; Child, Preschool; Clinics; Disease control; Disease Outbreaks - prevention & control; Disease Outbreaks - statistics & numerical data; Drug dosages; Epidemics; Fatalities; Female; Fever; Health aspects; Health services; Hospitals; Human protozoal diseases; Humans; Infectious diseases; Investigations; Laboratories; Malaria; Malaria - mortality; Malaria - prevention & control; Male; Medical Audit - methods; Medical diagnosis; Medical personnel; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Mortality; Parasitic diseases; Patient outcomes; Patients; Primary care; Protozoal diseases; Rural Health Services; South Africa; Tropical medicine; South Africa(Republic); Africa; South Africa; Human; Evaluation; Protozoal disease; Malaria; Health staff; Mortality; Parasitosis; Epidemiology; Recommendation; Infection; Professional practice; Risk factor; Complication; Public health
• ISSN: 0042-9686; 1564-0604

The results of a confidential inquiry into mortality attributed to malaria in South Africa's Mpumalanga Province are being used to guide the design of strategies for improving the management of cases and reducing the probability of deaths from the disease.