Reducing mortality from severe malaria in Sierra Leonean children by applying the World Health Organization's standard malarial protocol with additional sublingual glucose: A continuous quality improvement report.

Objectives: To reduce childhood mortality from severe malaria by implementing the World Health Organization's standardized malarial treatment protocol.

Design: Observational study comparing the mortality rate from malaria before and after the intervention.

Setting: Inpatient pediatric ward in a district referral hospital of Sierra Leone.