Household costs and time to treatment for children with severe febrile illness in rural Burkina Faso: the role of rectal artesunate.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Community health workers (CHWs) were trained to identify children with malaria who could not take oral medication, treat them with rectal artesunate (RA) and refer them to the closest healthcare facility to complete management. However, many children with such symptoms did not seek CHWs' care. The hypothesis was that the cost of referral to a health facility was a deterrent. The goal of this study was to compare the out-of-pocket costs and time to seek treatment for children who sought CHW care (and received RA) versus those who did not.

Methods

Children with symptoms of severe malaria receiving RA at CHWs and children with comparable disease symptoms who did not go to a CHW were identified and their parents were interviewed. Household out-of-pocket costs per illn

SUBMITTER: Castellani J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6198525 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature