Maike Tipke|Valérie R. Louis|Maurice Yé|Manuela De Allegri|Claudia Beiersmann|Ali Sié|Olaf Mueller|Albrecht Jahn
Access to malaria treatment in young children of rural Burkina Faso
Heidelberg University|Heidelberg University|Centre de Recherche en Santé de Nouna|Heidelberg University|Heidelberg University|Centre de Recherche en Santé de Nouna|Heidelberg University|Heidelberg University
effective timely treatment essential aspect malaria control remains challenge many parts subsaharan africa objective study describe young childrens access malaria treatment nouna health district burkina fasoin februarymarch 2006 survey conducted representative sample 1052 householdsoverall 1491052 14 households reported current possession antimalarial medicine significantly associated urban area literacy household head young children high socioeconomic status total 802 children five years least one malaria episode reported 239 30 within last month overall 95 children received treatment either modern 72 traditional 18 mixed 5 medicines provided home treatment caregiver half children received type modern treatment within 24 hours occurrence first symptoms despite recent policy change artemisininbased combination therapy modern antimalarials consisted mainly chloroquine 93 modern drugs obtained often health facility localities health facility compared without 60 vs 256 p 0001 contrast beside informal providers volunteer community health workers chw main source modern medicine localities without health centre 28 vs 3 p 0001access modern health services providing quality controlled effective combination therapies malaria needs strengthened rural africa include reinvestigation role chw 30 years alma ata