Identification Of Barriers To Effective Treatment And Prevention Of Malaria In Khartoum, Sudan

Malaria is one of the main causes of death in Sudan. The highest prevalence is among children and pregnant women. The estimated deaths were 3500 cases per year. Near thirteen percent of the hospital admissions were due to malaria. Despite the achievements of the National Malaria Control Programme in...

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Main Author:	Elhag, Elkhanssa Abdelhameed Ahmed
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2019
Subjects:	RS1-441 Pharmacy and materia medica
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spelling	my-usm-ep.486432021-03-17T04:40:03Z Identification Of Barriers To Effective Treatment And Prevention Of Malaria In Khartoum, Sudan 2019-02 Elhag, Elkhanssa Abdelhameed Ahmed RS1-441 Pharmacy and materia medica Malaria is one of the main causes of death in Sudan. The highest prevalence is among children and pregnant women. The estimated deaths were 3500 cases per year. Near thirteen percent of the hospital admissions were due to malaria. Despite the achievements of the National Malaria Control Programme in Sudan, still the targets on eradication and elimination were not reached. The current research was carried to identify the barriers to effective prevention and treatment of malaria in Sudan. The research was conducted in Khartoum state. A prospective cross-sectional survey was carried to assess the community pharmacist’s practices of malaria prevention and treatment. The public in Khartoum were also assessed for their malaria knowledge in addition to their prevention and treatment practices. Malaria treatment in a public hospital was also investigated retrospectively and prospectively. The results showed that community pharmacists had inadequate malaria knowledge and malaria treatment practices. About 66.2% of the surveyed community pharmacists had less than 50% knowledge score. There was significant relationship between pharmacist knowledge score and receiving training on malaria prevention and treatment (P-value 0.008). The research revealed under reporting of antimalarial adverse drug reactions (ADRs) by the community pharmacists. The community pharmacists reported lack of knowledge, lack of training and time as main barriers to their effective contribution in malaria prevention and treatment and ADRs reporting activities. The publics in Khartoum showed good knowledge regarding malaria symptoms, complications and drugs. About 86.9% mentioned mosquitos’ bites as the main cause of malaria. 2019-02 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/48643/ http://eprints.usm.my/48643/1/ELKHANSSA%20ABDELHAMEED%20AHMED%20ELHAG%20cut.pdf application/pdf en public phd doctoral Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Sains Farmasi
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description	Malaria is one of the main causes of death in Sudan. The highest prevalence is among children and pregnant women. The estimated deaths were 3500 cases per year. Near thirteen percent of the hospital admissions were due to malaria. Despite the achievements of the National Malaria Control Programme in Sudan, still the targets on eradication and elimination were not reached. The current research was carried to identify the barriers to effective prevention and treatment of malaria in Sudan. The research was conducted in Khartoum state. A prospective cross-sectional survey was carried to assess the community pharmacist’s practices of malaria prevention and treatment. The public in Khartoum were also assessed for their malaria knowledge in addition to their prevention and treatment practices. Malaria treatment in a public hospital was also investigated retrospectively and prospectively. The results showed that community pharmacists had inadequate malaria knowledge and malaria treatment practices. About 66.2% of the surveyed community pharmacists had less than 50% knowledge score. There was significant relationship between pharmacist knowledge score and receiving training on malaria prevention and treatment (P-value 0.008). The research revealed under reporting of antimalarial adverse drug reactions (ADRs) by the community pharmacists. The community pharmacists reported lack of knowledge, lack of training and time as main barriers to their effective contribution in malaria prevention and treatment and ADRs reporting activities. The publics in Khartoum showed good knowledge regarding malaria symptoms, complications and drugs. About 86.9% mentioned mosquitos’ bites as the main cause of malaria.
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qualification_name	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.)
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author	Elhag, Elkhanssa Abdelhameed Ahmed
author_facet	Elhag, Elkhanssa Abdelhameed Ahmed
author_sort	Elhag, Elkhanssa Abdelhameed Ahmed
title	Identification Of Barriers To Effective Treatment And Prevention Of Malaria In Khartoum, Sudan
title_short	Identification Of Barriers To Effective Treatment And Prevention Of Malaria In Khartoum, Sudan
title_full	Identification Of Barriers To Effective Treatment And Prevention Of Malaria In Khartoum, Sudan
title_fullStr	Identification Of Barriers To Effective Treatment And Prevention Of Malaria In Khartoum, Sudan
title_full_unstemmed	Identification Of Barriers To Effective Treatment And Prevention Of Malaria In Khartoum, Sudan
title_sort	identification of barriers to effective treatment and prevention of malaria in khartoum, sudan
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publishDate	2019
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Identification Of Barriers To Effective Treatment And Prevention Of Malaria In Khartoum, Sudan

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