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Mali: Combating Malaria Misdiagnosis
May 1, 2008
Health experts say the majority of malaria cases in Mali are misdiagnosed, which causes resistance to malaria drugs and leaves other illnesses untreated.
“When people are sick in Mali, the doctor will usually tell them they have malaria whether or not they test for it,” said Fatou Faye, an infectious diseases researcher and trainer at a privately funded medical laboratory, the Charles Merieux Centre in Bamako.
“The patients then buy anti-malarial drugs in the street and build up a resistance to treatment.”
© 2008 IRIN
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category: News from Other Sources : General Health News
contributed by Liza Nanni on 2 May 2008
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