Menzies School Of Health Research

This study tested a new way to treat a type of malaria that can hide in the liver and cause people to get sick again. Researchers wanted to see if giving a higher dose of the drug primaquine for a shorter time (7 days instead of 14) was safe and practical. First, patients got a s…

This study aimed to find out if giving children hospitalized with pneumonia a longer course of antibiotics leads to better health outcomes than a shorter course. Researchers compared two treatment durations in 314 children aged 3 months to 5 years. The goal was to determine the m…