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Prevalence of unqualified sources of antimalarial drug prescription for children under the age of five: A study in 19 low- and middle-income countries.

Md Sabbir HossainTalha Sheikh AhmedMohammad Anamul HaqueMuhammad Abdul Baker ChowdhuryMd Jamal Uddin
Published in: PloS one (2024)
The study draws attention to the importance of national and local level preventative strategies across the LMICs to restrict antimalarial drug consumption. This is because antimalarial prescriptions from unqualified sources for recent malarial fever in children under five were shockingly high in most LMICs and had high rates of unqualified prescriptions in certain other LMICs.
Keyphrases
  • plasmodium falciparum
  • young adults
  • drinking water
  • working memory
  • quality improvement
  • drug induced