Symptoms of measles include fever, cold-like symptoms, fatigue, conjunctivitis and a distinctive red-brown rash that appears a few days into the illness.
Add in the various over-the-counter remedies for flatulence, constipation, diarrhoea, hay fever and the common cold, and the average American might seem to be a pill-popping hypochondriac.
Back in the village of Kasia, Vincent Mwelu(ph) is the person people turn to if one of their family members is rocked by the fever, headaches and cold chills of malaria.