Successful introduction of artesunate combination therapy is not enough to fight malaria: Results from an adherence study in Sierra Leone

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 328-335

  Gerstl, Sibylle ^a   Dunkley, Sophie ^a   Mukhtar, Ahmed ^a   Baker, Samuel ^b   Maikere, Jacob ^c  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SANITATION   (Sierra Leone)

^c MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Artemisinin; Combination drug therapy; Malaria; Medication adherence; Patient compliance; Sierra Leone; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; ARTESUNATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CHILD; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIERRA LEONE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMODIAQUINE; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SIERRA LEONE; YOUNG ADULT;

ARTESUNATE;

EID: 77952955448     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.12.008     Document Type: Article

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