It is particularly the main killer disease in children below five years and its health impact is most severe in the rural areas.
Malarial anaemia is believed to be the main complication in high endemic areas.
However both clinical and basic research on this topic has been largely neglected so far. Epidemiological and intervention studies on anaemia and malaria including malaria case-management were therefore conducted in rural areas of Bagamoyo district on the coast of Tanzania. The aims of these studies were to describe malaria epidemiology especially morbidity of malaria associated with anaemia, mortality in young children and malaria case- management practices. In addition, clinical diagnosis and and a simple new dipstick diagnostic test were evaluated. An attempt was then made to evaluate sustainable malaria control measures.