Malaria and other febrile coma in African children – a meta-analysis and cohort study
Dr Ray will be speaking about two studies just published in April 2025 that investigated febrile non-traumatic coma in African children. In the first paper they report that the malaria mortality rate has remained constant for 50 years, despite targeted interventions and improved treatment. In the second paper they report that whilst cerebral malaria is the leading cause of febrile coma, bacterial co-infections were detected in over 25% of cases.

More information and links to the papers are here: www.ovg.ox.ac.uk/news/study-shows-urgent-change-needed-to-reduce-deaths-from-malaria-and-meningitis-in-comatose-african-children
Date: 12 May 2025, 13:00
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar rooms
Speaker: Dr Stephen Ray (Oxford, Paediatrics/OVG)
Organising department: Nuffield Department of Population Health
Organiser: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Organiser contact email address: alison.lewis@ndph.ox.ac.uk
Host: Professor Angela Brueggemann (Oxford Population Health)
Part of: IDEU Infectious Disease Seminar Series
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Members of the University only
Editors: Alison Lewis, Angela Brueggemann