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Policy brief on improving access to artemisinin-based combination therapies for malaria in Burkina Faso

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2010

Bocar Kouyaté  and
Victor Nana
Bocar Kouyaté
Affiliation:
Ministry of Health, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Victor Nana
Affiliation:
Ministry of Health, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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Malaria is a major public health problem in Burkina Faso. Statistics from health facilities in 2006 show that 40.1 percent of medical consultations, 53.4 percent of hospital admissions, and 45.8 percent of deaths are malaria related (2). Malaria among children under 5 years of age accounted for 46 percent of all cases in 2004, 49 percent in 2005 and 48 percent in 2006. In the same age group, malaria was the cause of 66.4 percent of deaths in 2004, 62.0 percent in 2005 and 62.7 percent in 2006.

Keywords

AntimalarialsCare accessHealth policyBurkina Faso
Type
THEME SECTION: OPTIONS FOR IMPROVING MALARIA TREATMENT
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , April 2010 , pp. 233 - 236
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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