Tanzania
Teule Hospital in Muheza, is also a district hospital with 64 paediatric beds and 6,154 admissions/ year. According to available data there were approximately 1,324 paediatric admissions with slide confirmed malaria in 2004 in Teule Hospital.
These centres participate in AQUAMAT, a multicentre open label comparison of parenteral artesunate and parenteral quinine in African children admitted to hospital with severe malaria. The participating centres are located in eight countries; The Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique , Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Nigeria.
Indonesia
RS Mitra Masyarakat Hospital, Timika, West Papua
This is a 109 bed hospital with a catchment population of around 120,000. Facilities included oxygen therapy, blood transfusion, and occasionally peritoneal dialysis. Mechanical ventilation was not routinely available.
This centre participated in SEAQUAMAT, a multicentre open label comparison of parenteral artesunate and parenteral quinine in patients admitted to hospital with severe malaria. The participating centres were located in four countries; Bangladesh, Burma, India, and Indonesia.
Ghana
Around 800 children with severe malaria are admitted annually in this hospital. Mortality in this group is 9% per year.
This centre will participate in AQUAMAT, a multicentre open label comparison of parenteral artesunate and parenteral quinine in African children admitted to hospital with severe malaria. The participating centres are located in four countries; The Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique and Tanzania.
Asia
South East Asia
MORU began it's research into tropical infectious diseases in Thailand, but now works across much of th Greater Mekong Subregion. Having originally focused on Malaria research, our programme has now diversified to address a variety of neglected tropical infections (eg Ricketsial diseases and Meliodosis) that have a huge impact on populations living in rural areas throughout the Subregion and beyond.
South Asia
MORU's work in South Asia largely focuses on malaria, but is now extending to look at other infectious diseases (eg Visceral leishmaniasis), and on addressing the challenges of appropriate use of medical care in resource-poor environments (eg improving the management of intensive care patients through specialist training of medical staff).
The Gambia
Around 750 children with severe malaria are admitted annually in this hospital. Mortality in this group is 16.5%.
This centre will participate in AQUAMAT, a multicentre open label comparison of parenteral artesunate and parenteral quinine in African children admitted to hospital with severe malaria. The participating centres are located in four countries; The Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique and Tanzania.
