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Thomas N Williams1, Stephen K Obaro
1KEMRI Centre for Geographic Medicine Research (Coast), Kilifi, Kenya. twilliams@kilifi.kemri-wellcome.org
Abstract:
More than 230,000 children are born in Africa with sickle cell disease (SCD) each year: approximately 85% of all affected births worldwide. Although malaria is commonly viewed as a major problem for African patients with this condition, questions still remain about its relative importance as a cause of ill heath and death. In the absence of definitive studies investigating the contribution of malaria to morbidity and mortality in African children with SCD, policy makers will continue to lack the evidence on which to base appropriate management guidelines.
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