The Pan African Medical Journal (Feb 2013)

Impact of Home-Based Management of malaria combined with other community-based interventions: what do we learn from Rwanda?

  • Manasse Nzayirambaho,
  • Jean De Dieu Bizimana,
  • Robert Jean Freund,
  • Pascal Millet,
  • Franeois-Xavier Merrien,
  • Gilles Potel,
  • Pierre Lombrail

DOI
https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2013.14.50.2096
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 50

Abstract

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INTRODUCTION: This study aimed to evaluate the impact of home-based management of malaria (HBM) strategy on time to treatment and reported presumed malaria morbidity in children aged less than 5 years in Rwanda. METHODS: The study was carried out in two malaria-endemic rural districts, one where HBM was applied and the other serving as control. In each district, a sample of mothers was surveyed by questionnaire before (2004) and after (2007) implementation of HBM. RESULTS: After implementation, we observed: i) an increase (P0.001) in the number of febrile children treated within 24 hours of symptom onset in the experimental district (53.7% in 2007 vs 5% in 2004) compared with the control district (28% vs 7.7%); ii) a decrease in the reported number of febrile children in the experimental district (28.7% vs 44.9%, P0.01) compared with the control district (45.7% vs 56.5%, P0.05). CONCLUSION: HBM contributed to decrease time to treatment and reported presumed malaria morbidity.

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