Report on Malaria Consortium바카라 사이트檚 COMDIS supported work on an evaluation of outpatient malaria case management practices in Uganda.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Published: 1 January 2009

• Country: Uganda
• Document Type: Evaluation Report
• Theme: Health
• First published: 1 January 2009

Abstract

A brief description is provided of the Malaria Consortium바카라 사이트檚 COMDIS-supported work on the evaluation of out바카라 사이트恜atient malaria case management under the new Artemether바카라 사이트怢umefantrine (AL) policy for uncomplicated malaria in 4 areas of different malaria transmission intensities in Uganda. It was found that: there was often a lack of concurrent availability of all age바카라 사이트恠pecific doses of AL, and a lack of training and information; the use of AL nevertheless prevailed (60%) over the use of non-effective or non-recommended therapies; many patients still however received non-recommended therapy or no malaria therapy at all; the specificity and positive predictive value (PPV) of policy recommendations were very low (cases of non-malarial fever were often not identified as such); and use of routine malaria microscopy was low and interpretation and accuracy of results were poor. The potential benefits and impact of the research are discussed.

Citation

Anon. Report on Malaria Consortium’s COMDIS supported work on an evaluation of outpatientmalaria case management practices in Uganda. (2009) 4 pp.

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Published 1 January 2009