Adoption of the new antimalarial drug policy in Tanzania – a cross‐sectional study in the community

Summary Objective To assess the diffusion of the change of first line antimalarial drug from chloroquine (CQ) to sulphadoxine/pyrimethamine (SP) at household level in a rural district of Tanzania less than a year after the policy implementation. Methods Caretakers in 729 households were interviewe...

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Published in:	Tropical medicine & international health Vol. 10; no. 10; pp. 1038 - 1046
Main Authors:	Eriksen, Jaran, Nsimba, Stephen E. D., Minzi, Omary M. S., Sanga, Anku J., Petzold, Max, Gustafsson, Lars L., Warsame, Marian Y., Tomson, Göran
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, UK Blackwell Science Ltd 01-10-2005 Blackwell Science Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Subjects:	Antimalarials - therapeutic use Artemisinins - therapeutic use artemisinin‐based combination therapy Biological and medical sciences Child, Preschool chloroquine Chloroquine - blood Chloroquine - therapeutic use Cross-Sectional Studies Drug Combinations Drug policy Drug therapy Drug Therapy, Combination Female Focus Groups Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Health Policy Human protozoal diseases Humans Infectious diseases Malaria Malaria, Falciparum - blood Malaria, Falciparum - drug therapy Malaria, Falciparum - epidemiology Male Medical sciences Medicin och hälsovetenskap Parasitic diseases Patient Acceptance of Health Care policy change policy cycle Population Surveillance - methods Protozoal diseases Pyrimethamine - therapeutic use Rural Health Self Administration Sesquiterpenes - therapeutic use Sulfadoxine - blood Sulfadoxine - therapeutic use sulphadoxine/pyrimethamine Tanzania Tanzania - epidemiology Africa Tanzania Sulfanilamide derivatives Antimalarial Protozoal disease Artemisinin chloroquine Health policy Cross sectional study Tropical medicine Antiinfectious Sulfadoxine Public health Human Drug combination Malaria policy cycle Pyrimethamine Tanzania artemisinin-based combination therapy policy change Parasitosis sulphadoxine/pyrimethamine Infection Chemotherapy Treatment Parasiticide Antibacterial agent Community
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