World Malaria Day 2014: invest in the future.Defeat malaria
East. Mediterr. health j
; 2014.
Article
in English
| WHO IRIS
| ID: who-201072
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ABSTRACT
Despite the availability of standard treatment guidelines for malaria in Pakistan adherence to protocols by prescribers is poor.This descriptive, cross-sectional study aimed to explore the perceptions and knowledge of prescribers in Islamabad and Rawalpindi cities towards adherence to standard treatment guidelines for malaria.A questionnaire was distributed to a random sample of 360 prescribers; 64.7% were satisfied with the available antimalarial drugs and 41.3% agreed that antimalarial drugs should only be prescribed after diagnostic testing.Only half the prescribers had the guidelines available in their health facility.Almost all the prescribers [97.7%]agreed that there was a need for more educational programmes about the guidelines.Most prescribers were unaware of the correct standard treatment regimen for Plasmodium falciparum and P.vivax malaria.There were no differences in knowledge between males and females, but prescribers having more experience, practising as general practitioners and working in private health-care facilities possessed significantly better knowledge than their counterparts
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Collection:
Databases of international organizations
Health context:
Sustainable Health Agenda for the Americas
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SDG3 - Health and Well-Being
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Neglected Diseases
Health problem:
Goal 5: Medicines, vaccines and health technologies
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Target 3.3: End transmission of communicable diseases
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Malaria
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Neglected Diseases
Database:
WHO IRIS
Main subject:
Perception
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Cross-Sectional Studies
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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Malaria, Vivax
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Malaria, Falciparum
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Knowledge
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Guideline Adherence
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Prescription Drugs
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Malaria
Language:
English
Journal:
East. Mediterr. health j
Year:
2014
Document type:
Article