Antimalarial stewardship programs are urgently needed for malaria elimination: a perspective
Global malaria cases have not been significantly reduced over the last three years although more than USD 3 billion was invested in malaria control and elimination. The reasons for this stagnation are highly complex and multi-factorial. It remains that almost three billion treatment courses were sup...
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| author | Bienvenu Anne-Lise Djimdé Abdoulaye Picot Stéphane |
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| description | Global malaria cases have not been significantly reduced over the last three years although more than USD 3 billion was invested in malaria control and elimination. The reasons for this stagnation are highly complex and multi-factorial. It remains that almost three billion treatment courses were supplied over the period 2010–2017: 30% of them without malaria tests, and some with suboptimal doses leading to the risk of selection of resistant parasites. An antimalarial stewardship program should be implemented at the healthcare provider, physician, pharmacist, medical student, and population levels. This would significantly reinforce the impact of international guidelines and national malaria program policies and fill the gap between recommendations and actual practices. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cbeaea3fce754042a0f312ba832085182023-11-02T02:47:43ZengEDP SciencesParasite1776-10422019-01-01261610.1051/parasite/2019016parasite190016Antimalarial stewardship programs are urgently needed for malaria elimination: a perspectiveBienvenu Anne-Lisehttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1502-1851Djimdé Abdoulaye0Picot Stéphanehttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5735-6759Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of BamakoGlobal malaria cases have not been significantly reduced over the last three years although more than USD 3 billion was invested in malaria control and elimination. The reasons for this stagnation are highly complex and multi-factorial. It remains that almost three billion treatment courses were supplied over the period 2010–2017: 30% of them without malaria tests, and some with suboptimal doses leading to the risk of selection of resistant parasites. An antimalarial stewardship program should be implemented at the healthcare provider, physician, pharmacist, medical student, and population levels. This would significantly reinforce the impact of international guidelines and national malaria program policies and fill the gap between recommendations and actual practices.https://www.parasite-journal.org/articles/parasite/full_html/2019/01/parasite190016/parasite190016.htmlmalariatreatmentstewardshipantimalarial drugeliminationguidelines |
| spellingShingle | Bienvenu Anne-Lise Djimdé Abdoulaye Picot Stéphane Antimalarial stewardship programs are urgently needed for malaria elimination: a perspective Parasite malaria treatment stewardship antimalarial drug elimination guidelines |
| title | Antimalarial stewardship programs are urgently needed for malaria elimination: a perspective |
| title_full | Antimalarial stewardship programs are urgently needed for malaria elimination: a perspective |
| title_fullStr | Antimalarial stewardship programs are urgently needed for malaria elimination: a perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | Antimalarial stewardship programs are urgently needed for malaria elimination: a perspective |
| title_short | Antimalarial stewardship programs are urgently needed for malaria elimination: a perspective |
| title_sort | antimalarial stewardship programs are urgently needed for malaria elimination a perspective |
| topic | malaria treatment stewardship antimalarial drug elimination guidelines |
| url | https://www.parasite-journal.org/articles/parasite/full_html/2019/01/parasite190016/parasite190016.html |
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