Paediatric malaria case-management with artemether-lumefantrine in Zambia: a repeat cross-sectional study
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- 16 March 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Malaria Journal
- Vol. 6 (1) , 31
Abstract
Zambia was the first African country to change national antimalarial treatment policy to artemisinin-based combination therapy – artemether-lumefantrine. An evaluation during the early implementation phase revealed low readiness of health facilities and health workers to deliver artemether-lumefantrine, and worryingly suboptimal treatment practices. Improvements in the case-management of uncomplicated malaria two years after the initial evaluation and three years after the change of policy in Zambia are reported.Keywords
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