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New Optical Technique for Rapid Malaria Diagnosis

April 18, 2012 By Malaria.com Leave a Comment

Correctly and quickly diagnosing malaria is essential for effective and life-saving treatment. But rapid detection, particularly in remote areas, is not always possible because current methods are time-consuming and require precise instrumentation and highly skilled microscopic analysis. Now, a promising new optical imaging system, described in a paper published today in the Optical Society's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria News Tagged With: Dan Cojoc, Giemsa-stained blood smear, Materials Technology Institute, Rapid Diagnostic Tests, Rapid Test for Malaria, Secondary Speckle Sensing Microscopy, Speckle Imaging, The Optical Society

Treating Malaria by Health Extension Workers: A Case Study from Ethiopia

May 20, 2011 By Judith Standley 2 Comments

For many years the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have been promoting an Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) training package to ensure that nurses and doctors are capable of treating sick children at health facilities.  Over the years, with the realization that many children did not have access to health facilities and therefore … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs Tagged With: Catalytic Initiative of Canada, Ethiopia, Health Extension Workers, HEWs, iCCM, Malaria Treatment, Millenium Development Goals, Plasmodium Falciparum, Rapid Diagnostic Tests, Rapid Test for Malaria, UNICEF

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