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Media, Health Workers, and Policy Makers' Relationship and Their Impact on Antimalarial Policy Adoption : A Population Genetics Perspective
Joint Authors
Kachur, Patrick
Malisa, Allen
Abdullah, Salim
Mutayoba, Benezeth
Bloland, Peter
Pearce, Richard
Roper, Cally
Mshinda, Hassan
Source
Malaria Research and Treatment
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-06-20
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Drug resistance negatively impacts malaria treatments, making treatment policy revision unavoidable.
So far, studies relating sociopolitical and technical issues on policy change with malaria parasite genetic change are lacking.
We have quantified the effect of malaria treatment policy on drug pressure and the influence of the media, policy makers, and health worker relationship on parasite population genetic change in Kilombro/Ulanga district.
Cross-sectional surveys of asymptomatic infections conducted before, during and after the switch from chloroquine to sulphadoxine/pyrimethamine were used for genetic analysis of SP resistance genes in 4,513 asymptomatic infections identified, and their frequency change was compared with retrospective study of the documented process of policy change.
Highly significant changes of dhfr and dhps resistance alleles occurred within one year of switch to SP first line, followed by a decline of their rate of selection caused by reduction of SP usage, as a result of negative media reports on SP usage and lack of adequate preparations.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Malisa, Allen& Pearce, Richard& Mutayoba, Benezeth& Abdullah, Salim& Mshinda, Hassan& Kachur, Patrick…[et al.]. 2011. Media, Health Workers, and Policy Makers' Relationship and Their Impact on Antimalarial Policy Adoption : A Population Genetics Perspective. Malaria Research and Treatment،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-455378
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Malisa, Allen…[et al.]. Media, Health Workers, and Policy Makers' Relationship and Their Impact on Antimalarial Policy Adoption : A Population Genetics Perspective. Malaria Research and Treatment No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-455378
American Medical Association (AMA)
Malisa, Allen& Pearce, Richard& Mutayoba, Benezeth& Abdullah, Salim& Mshinda, Hassan& Kachur, Patrick…[et al.]. Media, Health Workers, and Policy Makers' Relationship and Their Impact on Antimalarial Policy Adoption : A Population Genetics Perspective. Malaria Research and Treatment. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-455378
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-455378