Patients' adherence to artemisinin-based combination therapy and healthcare workers' perception and practice in Savannakhet province, Lao PDR.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Artemisinin resistance in Plasmodium falciparum has been spreading across Southeast Asia. Patients' adherence to artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) is critical to avoid expanding this resistance. The objectives of this research were to examine patients' adherence to ACT for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria and to examine the healthcare workers' perception of medication adherence and their dispensing practices for malaria patients in Savannakhet province, Lao PDR.

Methods

A prospective observational study of patients and a descriptive study of healthcare workers were conducted in Xepon, Phin, and Nong districts. In the patient study, patients aged 18 years old or older who were prescribed artemether-lumefantrine (AL) at six healthcare faciliti

SUBMITTER: Takahashi E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6303952 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature