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Aubouy Agnès. (2011). Promotion of malaria home-based treatment in Africa : the dangers of creating a second health system. International Health, 3 (4), p. 219-220. ISSN 1876-3413.

Titre du document
Promotion of malaria home-based treatment in Africa : the dangers of creating a second health system
Année de publication
2011
Type de document
Article référencé dans le Web of Science WOS:000309892000001
Auteurs
Aubouy Agnès
Source
International Health, 2011, 3 (4), p. 219-220 ISSN 1876-3413
Many African countries have begun to scale-up home-based management of malaria (HMM) with artemisinin-based combination therapy. Evidence shows that this strategy gives efficient results in reducing the malaria burden. This initiative should be promoted to reduce malaria-related mortality and morbidity. HMM could, however, lead to critical public health problems, including the misdiagnosis of serious infections distinct from malaria as well as desertion of the public health system. I wish to emphasise the importance of improving the existing health system in African malaria-endemic areas for long-term improvement of population health in this context of HMM implementation.
Plan de classement
Santé : généralités [050] ; Santé : aspects socioculturels, économiques et politiques [056]
Localisation
Fonds IRD [F B010057296]
Identifiant IRD
fdi:010057296
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