Prereferral rectal artesunate and referral completion among children with suspected severe malaria in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria and Uganda

• Manuel W Hetzel,
• Elizabeth Omoluabi,
• Antoinette Tshefu Kitoto,
• Christian Burri,
• Phyllis Awor,
• Theodoor Visser,
• Amanda Ross,
• Christian Lengeler,
• Nina C Brunner,
• Jean Okitawutshu,
• Aita Signorell,
• Babatunde Akano,
• Kazeem Ayodeji,
• Charles Okon,
• Ocheche Yusuf,
• Proscovia Athieno,
• Joseph Kimera,
• Gloria Tumukunde,
• Irene Angiro,
• Jean-Claude Kalenga,
• Giulia Delvento,
• Tristan T Lee,
• Mark J Lambiris,
• Nadja Cereghetti,
• Harriet G Napier,
• Valentina Buj

Affiliations

Manuel W Hetzel

6 Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland

Elizabeth Omoluabi

Centre for Research, Evaluation Resources and Development, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

Antoinette Tshefu Kitoto

School of Public Health, University of Kinshasa Faculty of Medicine, Kinshasa, Congo (the Democratic Republic)

Christian Burri

1Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland

Phyllis Awor

12 School of Public Health, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Theodoor Visser

Clinton Health Access Initiative, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Amanda Ross

Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland

Christian Lengeler

senior lecturer in epidemiology

Nina C Brunner

Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil, Switzerland

Jean Okitawutshu

Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil, Switzerland

Aita Signorell

Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil, Switzerland

Babatunde Akano

Akena Associates, Abuja, Nigeria

Kazeem Ayodeji

Akena Associates, Abuja, Nigeria

Charles Okon

Akena Associates, Abuja, Nigeria

Ocheche Yusuf

Akena Associates, Abuja, Nigeria

Proscovia Athieno

Community Health and Behavioural Sciences, Makerere University School of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda

Joseph Kimera

Community Health and Behavioural Sciences, Makerere University School of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda

Gloria Tumukunde

Community Health and Behavioural Sciences, Makerere University School of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda

Irene Angiro

Community Health and Behavioural Sciences, Makerere University School of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda

Jean-Claude Kalenga

Community Health, Kinshasa School of Public Health, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Giulia Delvento

Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil, Switzerland

Tristan T Lee

Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil, Switzerland

Mark J Lambiris

Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil, Switzerland

Nadja Cereghetti

Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil, Switzerland

Harriet G Napier

Global Malaria, Clinton Health Access Initiative, Boston, MA, USA

Valentina Buj

Health/Child and Community Health Unit, UNICEF, New York, NY, USA