INNOVATION DIAGNOSTICS AND

TREATMENT FOR MALARIA AND

NEONATAL ILLNESS IN SUB-
SAHARAN AFRICA
INVETOR: SAULO DERICK N
CONTACT
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Email: nkulengekisaulo@gmail.com
 INTRODUCTION
• In 2019, an estimated 409,000 people died of malaria and most of them were young children in sub-Saharan Africa. In a bid
to combat malaria epidemics, several technological innovations that have contributed significantly to malaria response have
been developed across the world. This presents a systematized review and identifies key technological innovations that have
been developed worldwide targeting different areas of the malaria response, which include surveillance, microplanning,
prevention, diagnosis and management.
EFFECTS OF MALARIA AND
NEONATAL ILLNESS
• High mortality rates
• Long term health consequences
• Social and economic impact
• Economic burden
TREATMENT OF MALARIA
AND NEONATAL ILLNESS
Treatment of Malaria
 Artemisinin Based Combination Therapy(ACT’s)
 Quinine and other Antimalaria drugs eg cinchona trees
 Primaquine
 Supportive Care
 Preventive treatment
 Combating Drug Resistance
TREATMENT OF NEONATAL
ILLNESS
Neonatal illness depends on its specific condition and its underlying causes, here are some common treatment for various
neonatal illness
 Sepsis and Infections
.Antibiotics
.Supportive care
 Respiratory Distress Syndrome(RDS)
.Surfactant Replacement Therapy
 Neonatal Hypoglycemia
.Glucose infusion
 CONCLUSION
There are Innovative Diagnostics for Malaria and Neonatal Illness in Sub-Saharan African

Innovative Malaria Diagnostics

 Rapid Diagnostics Test (RDT’s)
 Loop-Medical Isothermal Amplification(LAMP)
 Microfluidic Devices
 Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests (NAATs)

DIAGNOSTIC TEST
INNOVATION NEONATAL
ILLNESS DIAGNOSTICS
1.Point of care Testing (POCT)
2.Biomarker Detection
3.Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring
4.Neonatal screening programs
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