KenyaSince 2004, Kenya's national malaria treatment guidelines have stipulated artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) as first-line treatment for uncomplicated malaria, and since 2014, confirmatory diagnosis of malaria in all cases before treatment has been recommended. A number of strategies to ...
This proportion is less than that reported in a study done in Kenya where 46 % of private health workers received training on malaria treatment [9]. The health worker’s knowledge of malaria case management was generally lower in the private sector than in the public sector. This is similar...
The article focuses on a study which examined the effect of phone text-message reminders to physicians on adherence to paediatric malaria treatment guidelines in Kenya.doi:10.2165/00151234-201106350-00021NoneSpringer International PublishingPharmacoeconomics & Outcomes News...
A study in Kenya [12] demonstrated how lack of adherence to treatment guidelines was associated with inappropriate prescription practices. The use of sub-therapeutic doses of drugs contributes to the risk of developing parasite resistance [13]. Drug regimens with long duration of treatment, such as...
Despite progress on malaria vaccines, the mainstay of prevention in much of Africa and Southeast Asia is the insecticide-treatedbed net, which has reduced mortality significantly in some areas. For example, in westernKenyathe use of bed nets reduced mortality among children by 25 percent. Bed ne...
A survey was conducted with 2065 households in Western Kenya about a household member's treatment actions for a recent febrile illness. The survey also elicited the individual's (or their caregiver's) beliefs about the illness and about malaria testing and treatment. Logistic regressions were used...
Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Malaria in Zambia. Lusaka, Zambia: Central Board of Health; 2003 20. National Malaria Control Center. Training in the Diagnosis and Management of Malaria: Health Worker Manual. Lusaka, Zambia: Central Board of Health; 2004 21. National Malaria ...
Participants who tested positive were given a short survey, including questions about their travel and medical history, and offered a full regiment of artemisinin-based combination therapies (dihydroartemisinin piperaquine phosphate) according to the National Malaria Treatment Guidelines [7]. The first ...
Vendor-to-vendor education to improve malaria treatment by private drug outlets in Bungoma District, Kenya Tavrow P, Shabahang J, Makama S: Vendor-to-vendor education to improve malaria treatment by private drug outlets in Bungoma District. Kenya. Malar J ... P Tavrow,J Shabahang,S Makama ...
The Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)–Wellcome Trust Programme is funded through core support from the Wellcome Trust. This paper is published with the permission of the director of KEMRI. C.M.N. is supported through a strategic award to the KEMRI–Wellcome Trust Programme from the ...