Acceptability of pre-referral rectal artesunate for severe malaria in children under 5 years by health workers and caregivers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria and Uganda

• Published in: Malaria journal Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 1 - 8
• Main Authors: Awor, Phyllis, Kimera, Joseph, Athieno, Proscovia, Tumukunde, Gloria, Okitawutshu, Jean, Tshefu, Antoinette, Omoluabi, Elizabeth, Signorell, Aita, Brunner, Nina, Kalenga, Jean-Claude, Akano, Babatunde, Ayodeji, Kazeem, Okon, Charles, Yusuf, Ocheche, Delvento, Giulia, Lee, Tristan, Burri, Christian, Lengeler, Christian, Hetzel, Manuel W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BioMed Central Ltd 10.11.2022; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Acceptability; Age; Artesunate; Caregivers; Children; Communicable diseases in children; Data collection; Drug therapy; Field study; Health attitudes; Health care; Health facilities; Health surveillance; Households; Human diseases; Illnesses; Interviews; Local government; Malaria; Medical personnel; Medical research; Polls & surveys; Public health; Rectum; Rectum, Medication by; Research ethics; Surveys; Teams; Vector-borne diseases; Workers; Congo (Kinshasa); Nigeria; Uganda

Abstract Background For children below 6 years with suspected severe malaria attending a health care provider unable to provide parenteral malaria treatment, pre-referral rectal artesunate (RAS) is recommended by the World Health Organization to prevent death and disability. A number of African coun...