Treatment of malaria from monotherapy to artemisinin-based combination therapy by health professionals in rural health facilities in southern Cameroon

Collins Sayang , Mathieu Gausseres , Nicole Vernazza-Licht (1) , Denis Malvy (2) , Daniel Bley (1) , Pascal Millet (3)

1 ESPACE - Études des Structures, des Processus d’Adaptation et des Changements de l’Espace
2 Service de médecine interne et maladies tropicales
3 Centre de Médecine Tropicale René Labusquière

Background: One year after the adoption of artesunate-amodiaquine (AS/AQ) as first-line therapy for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria, this study was designed to assess the treatment practices regarding anti-malarial drugs at health facilities in four rural areas in southern Cameroon.

Domaines: Anthropologie sociale et ethnologie

Collins Sayang, Mathieu Gausseres, Nicole Vernazza-Licht, Denis Malvy, Daniel Bley, et al.. Treatment of malaria from monotherapy to artemisinin-based combination therapy by health professionals in rural health facilities in southern Cameroon. Malaria Journal, 2009, 8 (1), pp.174. ⟨10.1186/1475-2875-8-174⟩. ⟨hal-01984250⟩