Challenges For Diagnosis, Treatment And Elimination Of Malaria

Download or read book Challenges For Diagnosis, Treatment And Elimination Of Malaria written by Gisely Melo and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2024-04-26 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Malaria is a major cause of death in tropical and sub-tropical countries presenting about 627,000 deaths and 241 million cases in the world. Malaria is still an important public health problem that needs to be more effectively controlled. Delays in diagnosis and treatment are responsible for the most deaths in many countries. Moreover, in most of malaria-endemic countries, the lack of resources is a huge barrier to reliable and timely diagnosis.