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ITNs, ACTs Significantly Reduce Malaria Deaths in African Countries
February 04, 2008 at 2:51 PM
Tropical Disease News
Although earlier reports have shown the efficacy of ITNs and ACTs, most have been based on "relatively small samples," according to the Times. The new study -- which was compiled by a team from WHO and the Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria -- is the first to compare national programs, the Times reports.
The report examined malaria control programs in Ethiopia, Ghana, Rwanda and Zambia. Each program aimed to distribute ITNs to families with children younger than age five, as well as to supply all public clinics with ACTs. Because each country's "success in implementing the measures varied," the decreases in malaria cases and deaths "differed accordingly," according to the Washington Post. The report found that malaria deaths among children decreased by more than 50% in Ethiopia. Hospitalized malaria cases among children also decreased by 60% in the country.
Malaria deaths in Rwanda were reduced by 66%, and the number of children hospitalized for malaria in the country decreased by 64%, according to the report.
The number of malaria cases in Ghana decreased by 13%, and deaths from the disease decreased by 34%. The program in Ghana could afford to give ITNs only to households with children younger than age two.
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