Community access to rectal artesunate for malaria (CARAMAL): A large-scale observational implementation study in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria and Uganda.

Community access to rectal artesunate for malaria (CARAMAL): A large-scale observational implementation study in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria and Uganda.

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The key to reducing malaria deaths in highly endemic areas is prompt access to quality case management. Given that many severe cases occur at peripheral level, rectal artesunate (RAS) in the form of suppositories was developed in the 1990s, allowing for rapid initiation of life-saving antimalarial t...

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Main Authors: Christian Lengeler, Christian Burri, Phyllis Awor, Prosciova Athieno, Joseph Kimera, Gloria Tumukunde, Irene Angiro, Antoinette Tshefu, Jean Okitawutshu, Jean-Claude Kalenga, Elizabeth Omoluabi, Babatunde Akano, Kazeem Ayodeji, Charles Okon, Ocheche Yusuf, Nina C Brunner, Giulia Delvento, Tristan Lee, Mark Lambiris, Theodoor Visser, Harriet G Napier, Justin M Cohen, Valentina Buj, Aita Signorell, Manuel W Hetzel, CARAMAL Consortium
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLOS Global Public Health
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000464

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