MALARIA and septicaemia (blood poisoning), responsible for 2m deaths worldwide every year, are among the biggest killers of African children. Clinics across Africa witness the same tragedy: a limp child, clammy and cold to the touch, with a fast, weak pulse, is carried in by a distraught parent. The body has sent blood to the vital organs in a last effort to cling to life. What happens next is critical. Up to 22% of children brought into African hospitals in this condition end up dead.
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