Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Advances Against Malaria | Reduction of Hospitalized Cases in Cambodia

Cambodian news sources are reporting a "50 percent drop in total malaria cases reported by public facilities between 2003 and last year, with officials crediting the success to village-based treatment" (Phnom).

"In 2008, 132,620 malaria patients were treated by village-based malaria volunteers, which has remarkably reduced the malaria death rate," according to the doctor of the National Centre for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control.

Source:
LEAKHANA, KHUON AND CHRISTOPHER SHAY. The Phnom Penh Post. "Malaria cases at hospitals...". 24 June 2009.

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