Introducing the Concept of a New Pre-Referral Treatment for Severely Ill Febrile Children at Community Level : A Sociological Approach in Guinea-Bissau

Innovative strategies are needed to tackle childhood mortality in the rural tropics. Artesunate suppositories were developed to bring emergency treatment closer to severely ill children with malaria in rural areas where injectable treatment is not possible for several hours. Adding an antibacterial...

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Main Authors:	Vermeersch, Audrey, Libaud-Moal, Anaëlle, Rodrigues, Amabelia, White, Nicholas J., Olliaro, Piero, Gomes, Melba, Ashley, Elizabeth A., Millet, Pascal
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	BioMed Central 2015
Subjects:	severe febrile illnesses malaria artesunate antibiotics rectal administration pre-referral treatment rural areas
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23155

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spelling	okr-10986-231552021-04-23T14:04:13Z Introducing the Concept of a New Pre-Referral Treatment for Severely Ill Febrile Children at Community Level : A Sociological Approach in Guinea-Bissau Vermeersch, Audrey Libaud-Moal, Anaëlle Rodrigues, Amabelia White, Nicholas J. Olliaro, Piero Gomes, Melba Ashley, Elizabeth A. Millet, Pascal severe febrile illnesses malaria artesunate antibiotics rectal administration pre-referral treatment rural areas Innovative strategies are needed to tackle childhood mortality in the rural tropics. Artesunate suppositories were developed to bring emergency treatment closer to severely ill children with malaria in rural areas where injectable treatment is not possible for several hours. Adding an antibacterial rectal drug would extend this strategy to treat non-malarial febrile illness as well. The objective of these studies was to assess acceptability of such a new pre-referral strategy by healthcare providers and likely uptake by the population. 2015-11-30T19:38:02Z 2015-11-30T19:38:02Z 2014-02-06 Journal Article Malaria Journal http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23155 en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank BioMed Central Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Africa Guinea-Bissau
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spellingShingle	severe febrile illnesses malaria artesunate antibiotics rectal administration pre-referral treatment rural areas Vermeersch, Audrey Libaud-Moal, Anaëlle Rodrigues, Amabelia White, Nicholas J. Olliaro, Piero Gomes, Melba Ashley, Elizabeth A. Millet, Pascal Introducing the Concept of a New Pre-Referral Treatment for Severely Ill Febrile Children at Community Level : A Sociological Approach in Guinea-Bissau
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description	Innovative strategies are needed to tackle childhood mortality in the rural tropics. Artesunate suppositories were developed to bring emergency treatment closer to severely ill children with malaria in rural areas where injectable treatment is not possible for several hours. Adding an antibacterial rectal drug would extend this strategy to treat non-malarial febrile illness as well. The objective of these studies was to assess acceptability of such a new pre-referral strategy by healthcare providers and likely uptake by the population.
format	Journal Article
author	Vermeersch, Audrey Libaud-Moal, Anaëlle Rodrigues, Amabelia White, Nicholas J. Olliaro, Piero Gomes, Melba Ashley, Elizabeth A. Millet, Pascal
author_facet	Vermeersch, Audrey Libaud-Moal, Anaëlle Rodrigues, Amabelia White, Nicholas J. Olliaro, Piero Gomes, Melba Ashley, Elizabeth A. Millet, Pascal
author_sort	Vermeersch, Audrey
title	Introducing the Concept of a New Pre-Referral Treatment for Severely Ill Febrile Children at Community Level : A Sociological Approach in Guinea-Bissau
title_short	Introducing the Concept of a New Pre-Referral Treatment for Severely Ill Febrile Children at Community Level : A Sociological Approach in Guinea-Bissau
title_full	Introducing the Concept of a New Pre-Referral Treatment for Severely Ill Febrile Children at Community Level : A Sociological Approach in Guinea-Bissau
title_fullStr	Introducing the Concept of a New Pre-Referral Treatment for Severely Ill Febrile Children at Community Level : A Sociological Approach in Guinea-Bissau
title_full_unstemmed	Introducing the Concept of a New Pre-Referral Treatment for Severely Ill Febrile Children at Community Level : A Sociological Approach in Guinea-Bissau
title_sort	introducing the concept of a new pre-referral treatment for severely ill febrile children at community level : a sociological approach in guinea-bissau
publisher	BioMed Central
publishDate	2015
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23155
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Introducing the Concept of a New Pre-Referral Treatment for Severely Ill Febrile Children at Community Level : A Sociological Approach in Guinea-Bissau

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