From fever to anti-malarial: the treatment-seeking process in rural Senegal.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Currently less than 15% of children under five with fever receive recommended artemisinin-combination therapy (ACT), far short of the Roll Back Malaria target of 80%. To understand why coverage remains low, it is necessary to examine the treatment pathway from a child getting fever to receiving appropriate treatment and to identify critical blockages. This paper presents the application of such a diagnostic approach to the coverage of prompt and effective treatment of children with fever in rural Senegal.

Methods

A two-stage cluster sample household survey was conducted in August 2008 in Tambacounda, Senegal, to investigate treatment behaviour for children under five with fever in the previous two weeks. The treatment pathway was divided in to five key steps; the

SUBMITTER: Smith LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3000420 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature