Does the unit-dose packaging of antimalarial drugs reduce treatment failures in people with uncomplicated malaria? Evidence Update, Malaria Series, April 2006

From:
Department for International Development
Published
1 January 2006
Document Type:
Briefing
Theme:
Health

Abstract

Each Evidence Update is a 2-page summary of a Cochrane Review of healthcare interventions relevant to people in low-income and middle-income countries.

This Evidence Update is adapted from Orton L, Barnish G. Unit-dose packaged drugs for treating malaria. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2005, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD004614. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004614.pub2

There is some evidence that unit-dose packaging combined with training or information may increase adherence, but there are no data on treatment failure.

Citation

Effective Health Care Research Programme Consortium, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK, pp.2

Does the unit-dose packaging of antimalarial drugs reduce treatment failures in people with uncomplicated malaria? Evidence Update, Malaria Series, April 2006

Published 1 January 2006
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