1,490
Participants
Start Date
April 30, 2007
Primary Completion Date
May 31, 2008
Study Completion Date
October 31, 2008
Amodiaquine plus Artesunate co-administration
"Under the Home Management of Malaria (HMM) strategy the Community Drug Distributors (CDD) will treat all children under 5 years presented to them with measured fever or a history of fever with AQ plus AS co-administered. Children under 12 months receive 75mg of AQ co-administered with 25mg of AS daily for three days. Children who are 12 to 59 months old receive 150mg of AQ and 50mg of AS co-administered daily for three days.~Asymptomatic children under 5 years in the Intermittent Preventive Treatment (IPTc) clusters will receive additional AQ plus AS co-administered during high malaria transmission season. Those under 12 months will receive 75mg of AQ co-administered with 25mg of AS daily for three days; and children who are 12 to 59 months old receive 150mg of AQ and 50mg of AS co-administered daily for three days."
District Health Administration, Ejisu
Department for International Development, United Kingdom
OTHER_GOV
Malaria Consortium, UK
NETWORK
Center for International Health and Development
OTHER
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
OTHER