Abstract Background The Home Management of Malaria (HMM) strategy was developed
using chloroquine, a now obsolete drug, which has been replaced by artemisinin-based …

Background The use of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) at the community level
has been advocated as a means to increase access to effective antimalarial medicines by …

Most cases of uncomplicated malaria are managed outside the formal health sector
(Mwenesi et al. 1995) with drugs bought from shops or kiosks (Snow et al. 1992). This is …

Background Effective and timely case management remains one of the fundamental pillars
for control of malaria. Tanzania introduced artemisinin-combination therapy [ACT] for …

Background Home-management of malaria (HMM) strategy improves early access of anti-
malarial medicines to high-risk groups in remote areas of sub-Saharan Africa. However …

Background The community case management of malaria (CCMm) is now an established
route for distribution of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) in rural areas, but the …

Background Malaria-endemic countries are switching antimalarial drug policy to artemisinin
combination therapies (ACTs) and the global community are considering the setting up of a …

Background After adoption of artesunate-amodiaquine (AS/AQ) as first-line therapy for the
treatment of uncomplicated malaria by the malaria control programme, this study was …

Background Despite recent improvements in malaria prevention strategies, malaria case
management remains a weakness in Northern Nigeria, which is underserved and suffers the …

Abstract Background In Nigeria ACT use at the community level has not been evaluated and
the use of antimalarial drugs (commonly chloroquine (CQ)) at home has been shown to be …