Effect of nutrient supplementation on the incidence of severe malaria
malaria, anaemia
MALARIA, ANAEMIA
Throughout the follow-up period, 60 (25 in SMC-A arm, 23 in SMC-AZc and 12 in SMC-APd arm) cases of severe malaria were observed. Almost all cases resulted in severe anaemia (low Hb level). Except one fatal case which occurred in SMC-A arm (the second fatal case occurred in SMC-APd arm was not a malaria related case), the rest of severe malaria cases were successfully managed until recovery. A reduction of 52%, adjusted OR = 0.48 (0.23–0.98) in the risk of having severe malaria was observed in SMC-APd arm compared to control arm (Table Effect of intervention on the risk of severe malaria