Tropical tales from the front line
Professor of Tropical Paediatric Infectious Disease, Professor Kathryn Maitland, presents her inaugural lecture.
Over 2 million children worldwide die each year from curable illnesses such as malaria and septicaemia (a bacterial bloodstream infection). The sophisticated levels of medical care in resource-rich countries have substantially increased the survival rates, but transferring these to sub-Saharan Africa is not always possible, as access to intensive care and the range of technologies is limited. Conducting clinical trials in Africa in real life situations can provide important advancements for these issues and global health but they also can result in unexpected and controversial findings.
Recorded at Imperial College London on 08 Nov 2011
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