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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"Malaria Treatment"”.
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The Economics of Vivax Malaria Treatment
The control and eventual elimination of malaria will require widescale adoption of strategies to ensure early diagnosis and highly effective treatment of infected individuals. In <i>Plasmodium vivax</i>, multiple relapse episodes can only be averted by treating the dormant liver stage of the …
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Investigation of Dual Stage Acridones as a Potent Malaria Treatment
<p>The need for potent antimalarials to prevent the emergence of drug resistant <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> is urgent. Discovery of novel acridone chemotypes have shown promise for a new antimalarial drug treatment. Presently, two acridone chemotypes have intrinsic antimalarial potency against …
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Determinants of health care seeking patterns and out-of-pocket expenditure for malaria treatment in Zambia
Malaria illness places a severe burden on Zambia’s health sector and the country’s economic development. Despite being curable when treatment is sought appropriately, utilization of professional health care services amongst people suffering from malaria illness generally continues to be low in …
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Determinants of health care seeking patterns and out-of-pocket expenditure for malaria treatment in Zambia
Malaria illness places a severe burden on Zambia’s health sector and the country’s economic development. Despite being curable when treatment is sought appropriately, utilization of professional health care services amongst people suffering from malaria illness generally continues to be low in …
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Malaria treatment seeking behaviour and access to artemisinin combination therapy : a case of Mushin, Lagos, Nigeria
ACTs have been shown to be effective in treating malaria and are currently recommended as first-line drugs for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in Nigeria because of resistance of malaria to chloroquine (CQ) and sulphadoxine pyrimethamine (SP). However, very little is known about malaria and …
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The change in malaria treatment policy in Uganda : extent of adherence to antimalarial drug policy in Rakai and Kampala Districts
Changes in Antimalarial Drug Policies are intended to improve case management and reduce both social and financial burden associated with malaria. To achieve this providers have to translate the policy into practice since they have the privilege of being the primary contact to those affected by …
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Recognition of malaria, treatment seeking behaviour and perception of the causes and effects of malaria among women attending antenatal clinic in Mudzi district in Zimbabwe
Malaria is an important public health problem with a high morbidity and mortality in more than 90 malaria endemic countries in the world. The burden of malaria is quite high especially among pregnant women and children under five years of age. There has been little focus on the factors that …
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A comparative study of cost and quality of care of malaria treatment in public and private health facilities in Nigeria a case study of Lagos state
The study explores the cost and quality of malaria care in public and private heatlh facilties at the primary health level in an urban community in south western Nigeria. A pre-tested questionnaire is adminstered to patients attending either public or private health facilities to estimate the …
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Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of artemisinin-based combination antimalarial drugs and malaria rapid diagnostic tests within the context of effective vector control : case study of Southern Africa
… combination therapies (ACTs) as first line malaria treatment and to evaluate the relevance of using definitive diagnosis (as opposed to clinical diagnosis) as the basis for initiating malaria treatment, especially when using ACTs for treatment. The cost-effectiveness of ACTs was evaluated in …
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Public responses to policy changes in 1st line treatment for uncomplicated for malaria in Kenya and the potential influence of policy communication in the uptake of malaria drugs
… perceptions on policy changes in 1st-line treatment for uncomplicated malaria in Kenya and the contributions of such perceptions on the uptake of recommended malaria drugs. It also intends to promote effective communication and implementation of malaria treatment policies and highlight …
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The impact of malaria among the poor and vulnerable : the role of livelihoods and coping strategies in rural Kenya
… to explore how households cope with the costs of malaria and the implications of malaria cost burdens for household livelihoods and vulnerability. It uses a conceptual framework that takes a holistic approach to understand vulnerability and the link between malaria and livelihood change. In order …
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Malaria policy and control in independent Timor-Leste: foundation, consolidation and implementation
… occupation, health service delivery including malaria control programs collapse. During the United Nations Administration in East Timor (UNTAET),health sector development has been actively pursued and continued to this present day. This study, utilising a mixed methods approach, was designed to …
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Evaluation of antimalarial chemotherapeutic practices and outcomes in the southwest region of Nigeria
… control, elimination and eradication of malaria still remains a major challenge, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. In some endemic countries, aggressive malaria control has reduced the malaria burden to a point where malaria elimination is becoming feasible. Nevertheless, sustained …
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Gene expression profiling approach towards enhancement of malaria vaccine development
Malaria continues to be one of the highest morbidity and mortality infectious diseases in the world, posing an enormous public health burden with significant economic consequences. The development of vaccines that provide sterile protection against pathogenic infection by the Plasmodium parasites …
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The economic burden of 'malaria' morbidity on households in Mtoko district of North-Eastern Zimbabwe
… findings of a research on the economic burden of malaria morbidity to rural households in Mtoko district of North-East Zimbabwe. The main objective of this study was to ascertain the household level impacts of direct costs (medical costs, consultation costs, transport costs and other related …
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Factors associated with the recovery of Malaria patients admitted to a hospital in northern Namibia
a thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Masters in Nursing Science
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Evaluation on effectiveness of scaled up control intervetion towards malaria prevalence among children in Chienge district of Luapula province.
… District, more than 10 years after Scaled up malaria control interventions has not seen any drastic reduction in the number of morbidity and mortality of malaria cases. The study aimed at evaluating on effectiveness of scaled up control intervention towards malaria prevalence among children in …
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Evaluation on effectiveness of scaled up control intervetion towards malaria prevalence among children in Chienge district of Luapula province.
… District, more than 10 years after Scaled up malaria control interventions has not seen any drastic reduction in the number of morbidity and mortality of malaria cases. The study aimed at evaluating on effectiveness of scaled up control intervention towards malaria prevalence among children in …
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Pharmacokinetic profile of amodiaquine and its active metabolite desethylamodiaquine in Ghanaian patients with uncomplicated Falciparum malaria
RATIONALE: The accurate measurement of antimalarial drug concentrations in key target patient groups is essential to ensure optimal dosing for malaria treatment and to distinguish between inadequate drug exposure and antimalarial resistance. METHODS: A sensitive and selective liquid …
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