Household costs and time to treatment for children with severe febrile illness in rural Burkina Faso: the role of rectal artesunate

Household costs and time to treatment for children with severe febrile illness in rural Burkina Faso: the role of rectal artesunate

Abstract Background Community health workers (CHWs) were trained to identify children with malaria who could not take oral medication, treat them with rectal artesunate (RA) and refer them to the closest healthcare facility to complete management. However, many children with such symptoms did not se...

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Main Authors: Joëlle Castellani, Borislava Mihaylova, Mohamadou Siribié, Zakaria Gansane, Amidou Z. Ouedraogo, Florence Fouque, Sodiomon B. Sirima, Silvia M. A. A. Evers, Aggie T. G. Paulus, Melba Gomes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-10-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Subjects:
Malaria
CHW
Rectal artesunate
RDTs
Economics
Costs and cost analysis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-018-2526-8

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