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- Title
Community perceptions of malaria and malaria treatment behaviour in a rural district of Ghana: implications for artemisinin combination therapy.
- Authors
Asante, Kwaku P; Abokyi, Livesy; Zandoh, Charles; Owusu, Ruth; Awini, Elizabeth; Sulemana, Abubakari; Amenga-Etego, Seeba; Adda, Robert; Boahen, Owusu; Segbaya, Sylvester; Mahama, Emmanuel; Bart-Plange, Constance; Chandramohan, Daniel; Owusu-Agyei, Seth
- Abstract
Artesunate-amodiaquine (AS-AQ) was introduced in Ghana as the first line drug for treatment of uncomplicated malaria in 2004. We report the perceptions of malaria and malaria treatment behaviour, the community awareness of and perceptions about AS-AQ two years after the introduction of this ACT treatment for malaria.
- Publication
BMC public health, 2010, Vol 10, p409
- ISSN
1471-2458
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1186/1471-2458-10-409