MALARIA, anemia and malnutrition are longstanding public health problems in Africa. While all three affect impoverished chil- dren, they may also be trickily intertwined, according to new research coming out of Tanzan...MALARIA, anemia and malnutrition are longstanding public health problems in Africa. While all three affect impoverished chil- dren, they may also be trickily intertwined, according to new research coming out of Tanzania. Data from a paper published in PLoS Medicine last November shows that iron-deficient children taking iron supplements saw their malaria rates skyrocket by 41 percent. Conversely, healthy children who ingested the multinutrient tablets had no change in their susceptability to the parasitic killer.展开更多
文摘MALARIA, anemia and malnutrition are longstanding public health problems in Africa. While all three affect impoverished chil- dren, they may also be trickily intertwined, according to new research coming out of Tanzania. Data from a paper published in PLoS Medicine last November shows that iron-deficient children taking iron supplements saw their malaria rates skyrocket by 41 percent. Conversely, healthy children who ingested the multinutrient tablets had no change in their susceptability to the parasitic killer.
