Thank you Dennis, would anyone who attended the breakfast meeting brief us on any tangible outcomes of the breakfast meeting?, on another note i just read an interesting Phrase from a book called Surgical Prayer by Tom Deuschle ' *The Provision of Sound Medical services is key in the developement of any nation. the worlds Medical systems have failed whenever they have been driven by profit only, Without a consideration of the staff that work in the medical service arena, the population to be served and without ownership within the industr*y' On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 2:38 PM, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote:
Going back to this case, it seems that a Post Mortem would have revealed cause of death. While some say drug interaction may have been the cause, Gachagua did not indicate which drug the deceased took.
I have been reading a few documents on Malaria and the case described above is more associated with death from Malaria - does this mean the medicine failed to work? Kenya is also listed as a multi-drug resistant country.
As for malaria vaccine, a pal working at a KEMRI Malaria project in Kilifi tells me that the Malaria vaccine seems to be several years away. They say the Malaria parasite is yet to be documented and studied sufficiently hence not much is known about it. At the moment, KEMRI is studying resistance to the disease by looking at those who are rarely affected in epidemic areas.
Here is a recent experience where I was prescribed the powerful drugs for the wrong disease (misdiagnosis). Our health sector is already in a mess as all sorts of drugs are available over the counter while "hospitals" are busy prescribing the remainder in abandon. http://blog.denniskioko.com/2011/06/medicines-in-kenya-cure-or-poison.html
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