African research. Traditional and modern medicine merge to save lives.
Before the Bandiagara Malaria Project began, parents did not consult the local doctor but rather the traditional healers when a child developed cerebral malaria. So the researchers proposed a plan: When parents brought their children to the traditional healers, the healers would refer the children to the researchers for treatment with intravenous quinine and pyrimethamine-sulfadoxine, better known as Fansidar.
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D000962:Antimalarials / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004338:Drug Combinations; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D016779:Malaria, Cerebral / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D008302:Mali / Q000453:epidemiology; D016488:Medicine, African Traditional; D008517:Phytotherapy; D011739:Pyrimethamine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011803:Quinine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013413:Sulfadoxine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000962:Antimalarials; D004338:Drug Combinations; C001205:fanasil, pyrimethamine drug combination; D013413:Sulfadoxine; D011803:Quinine; D011739:Pyrimethamine