Artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) are the best anti-malarial drugs available
now. Artemisinin enhances efficacy and has the potential of lowering the rate at which …

Background High levels of patient adherence to antimalarial treatment are important in
ensuring drug effectiveness. To achieve this goal, it is important to understand levels of …

Abstract Background For uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria, highly efficacious
single-dose treatments are expected to increase compliance and improve treatment …

Background Increasing access to and targeting of artemisinin-based combination therapy
(ACT) is a key component of malaria control programmes. To maximize efficacy of ACT and …

Malaria is a vector-borne infectious disease caused by the protozoan Plasmodium parasites.
Each year, it causes disease in approximately 515 million people and kills between one and …

Patient adherence is a major determinant of the therapeutic response to antimalarial drugs,
as most treatments are taken at home without medical supervision. With the introduction of …

Measuring baseline levels of adherence and identifying risk factors for non-adherence are
important steps before the introduction of new antimalarials. In Mbarara in southwestern …

PURPOSE: We conducted a survey to determine availability of emergency obstetric care
(EmOC) to provide baseline data for monitoring provision of obstetric care services in …

Objective To compare the effectiveness of oral quinine with that of artemether-lumefantrine
in treating uncomplicated malaria in children. Design Randomised, open label effectiveness …

Background Global malaria control strategies highlight the need to increase early uptake of
effective antimalarials for childhood fevers in endemic settings, based on a presumptive …