Home management of malaria is recommended for prompt, effective antimalarial treatment
in children less than five years of age. Compliance, safety, and effectiveness of the new fixed …

Introduction Severe malaria is a life-threatening medical emergency and requires prompt
and effective treatment to prevent death. There is paucity of published information on current …

The world's largest meeting on malaria, the 5th Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (MIM) Pan-
African Malaria Conference, convenes in Nairobi, Kenya, on Nov 1–6. 1 Since the last MIM …

The adoption of artemisinin-based combination therapy, together with other malaria control
strategies, has played a significant role in reducing the burden of malaria in many endemic …

Background Case management based on prompt diagnosis and adequate treatment using
artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) remains the main focus of malaria control in …

Objectives To assess the efficacy of amodiaquine‐artesunate in an area with high
chloroquine resistance in western Kenya. Methods Twenty‐eight day in‐vivo efficacy trial of …

Introduction: Despite increased international efforts for control and ultimate elimination,
malaria remains a major health problem. Currently, artemisinin-based combination …

Background Artesunate plus amodiaquine is a coblistered ACT, given as a single daily
intake. It has been suggested that, in view of the number of tablets to be taken (particularly in …

Damodaran, et al.,[5] in the current issue of Tropical Parasitology highlights the challenges
in the treatment of malaria. The authors highlight that even though the WHO has …

While many countries struggle to control malaria, four countries, Brazil, Eritrea, India, and
Vietnam, have successfully reduced malaria burden. To determine what led these countries …