The effect of oral iron therapy during treatment for Plasmodium falciparum malaria with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine on Malawian children under 5 years of age

In sub-Saharan countries, although malaria and malaria-associated anaemia are major public health problems, the usefulness of supplementary iron treatment for children with malaria-associated anaemia is unknown. In a 6-week period during the 1995 rainy season, 222 Malawian children aged 8 g HB/dl initially (4·1 v. 2·2 g/dl; P<0 05), and those in the...