Cost-effectiveness analysis of the available strategies for diagnosing malaria in outpatient clinics in Zambia
Open Access
- 1 January 2009
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation
- Vol. 7 (1) , 5
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1478-7547-7-5
Abstract
Malaria in Zambia accounts for about 4 million clinical cases and 8 000 deaths annually. Artemether-lumefantrine (ACT), a relatively expensive drug, is being used as first line treatment of uncomplicated malaria. However, diagnostic capacity in Zambia is low, leading to potentially avoidable wastage of drugs due to unnecessary anti malarial treatment.Keywords
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