Sunday 7 December 2014

Sierra Leone Takes Steps to Reduce Misdiagnosis of Malaria as Ebola

Reducing the burden on health services of people visiting clinics wrongly fearing they have Ebola, Sierra Leone began a campaign on Friday to protect almost half the population from malaria. The early symptoms of the diseases such as fever, headaches and aching joints are so similar that malaria can easily be misdiagnosed, causing unnecessary referrals to Ebola treatment units. More than 9,300 trained community health workers will go door-to-door in ...

via Medindia Health News More READ

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