Effectiveness of artemether-lumefantrine provided by community health workers in under-five children with uncomplicated malaria in rural Tanzania: an open label prospective study

• Published in: Malaria Journal
• Main Authors: Blessborn Daniel, Petzold Max G, Ferreira Pedro E, Carlsson Anja M, Malmberg Maja, Ngasala Billy E, Bergqvist Yngve, Gil José P, Premji Zul, Mårtensson Andreas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2011
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Meier
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-10-64; https://doaj.org/article/361516611a0845dab7254738e0366197

Abstract Background Home-management of malaria (HMM) strategy improves early access of anti-malarial medicines to high-risk groups in remote areas of sub-Saharan Africa. However, limited data are available on the effectiveness of using artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) within the HMM strat...