Economic evaluation of a policy change from single-agent treatment for suspected malaria to artesunate-amodiaquine for microscopically confirmed uncomplicated falciparum malaria in the Oussouye District of south-western Senegal

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 926-933

  Agnamey, P ^a   Brasseur, P ^a,b   Cisse, M ^c   Gaye, O ^d   Dumoulin, J ^e   Rigal, J ^f,g   Taylor, W R J ^f   Olliaro, P ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

^c Centre Hospitalier   (Senegal)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^e UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^g MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amodiaquine; Artesunate; Combination therapy; Drug policy; Plasmodium falciparum; Senegal; Uncomplicated falciparum malaria

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; ARTESUNATE; CHLOROQUINE;

DRUG PRESCRIBING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; MALARIA; POLICY DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; DRUG COST; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MICROSCOPY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGISTER; SEASON; SENEGAL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; OUSSOUYE; SENEGAL; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD; ZIGUINCHOR;

ARTESUNATE; CINCHONA PUBESCENS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 24744470702     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2005.01482.x     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Adjuik M, Agnamey P, Babiker A et al. (2002) Amodiaquine-artesunate versus amodiaquine for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in African children: a randomised, multicentre trial. Lancet 359, 1365-1372.
2. Brasseur P, Guiguemde R, Diallo S et al. (1999) Amodiaquine remains effective for treating uncomplicated malaria in West and Central Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medecine and Hygiene 93, 645-650.
3. Gaye O, Soumaré M, Sambou B et al. (1999) Hété rogénéité du paludisme chloroquinorésistant au Sénégal. Bulletin de la Société de Pathologie Exotique 92, 149-152.
4. McIntosh HM (2000) Chloroquine or amodiaquine combined with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for treating uncomplicated malaria. Cochrane Database System Review 2, CD000386.
5. Moreno A, Brasseur P, Cuzin-Ouattara N et al. (2001) Evaluation under field conditions of the colourimetric DELI-microtest for the assessment of Plasmodium falciparum drug resistance. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medecine and Hygiene 95, 100-103.
6. Pison G, Trape JF, Lefebvre M & Enel C (1993) Rapid decline in child mortality in a rural area of Senegal. International Journal of Epidemiology 22, 72-80.
7. Pradines B, Rogier C, Fusai T et al. (1996) Sensibilité in vitro de 85 isolats de Plasmodium falciparum dans la région de Fatick, Sénégal. Médecine Tropicale 56, 141-145.
8. Sokhna CS (2000) Déterminants de la persistance et de la réapparition des infections à Plasmodium falciparum après chimiothérapie antipaludique au Sénégal. Thèse de 3 ème cycle de Scie, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar 54, 180 p.
9. Sokhna CS, Molez JF, Ndiaye P et al. (1997) In vivo chemosensitivity tests of Plasmodium falciparum to chloroquine in Senegal: the development of resistance and the assessment of therapeutic efficacy. Bulletin de la Société de Pathologie Exotique 90, 83-89.
10. Sokhna CS, Trape JF & Robert V (2001a) Gametocytaemia in Senegalese children with uncomplicated falciparum malaria treated with chloroquine, amodiaquine or sulfadoxine + pyrimethamine. Parasite 8, 243-250.
11. Sokhna CS, Faye FBK, Spiegel A et al. (2001b) Rapid reappearance of Plasmodium falciparum after drug treatment among Senegalese adults exposed to moderate seasonal transmission. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 65, 167-170.
12. Trape JF & Rogier C (1996) Combating malaria morbidity and mortality by reducing transmission. Parasitology Today 12, 236-240.
13. White NJ, Nosten F, Looareesuwan S et al. (1999) Averting a malaria disaster. Lancet 353, 1965-1967.
14. WHO (2001) Antimalarial Drug Combination Therapy. Report of a WHO Technical Consultation Document WHO/CDS/RBM/2001.35. World Health Organization, Geneva.
15. WHO (2003) Assessment and Monitoring of antimalarial drug efficacy for the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria. WHO/HTM/RBM/2003.50. World Health Organization, Geneva.