Pharmacists' knowledge of malaria treatment guidelines
29 Ene 2015
A recent study, published in the East African Journal of Public Health, found poor knowledge of malaria treatment guidelines among drug dispensers in private pharmacies in Tanzania. Private pharmacies are an important part of the health care equation in Africa and it is disturbing to learn that most drug dispensers had to rely on the radio and other news media for information on malaria treatment policy. Given this, it is not surprising that 60% of the dispensers in some 600 pharmacies were unaware of a forthcoming change from sulfadoxine pyrimethamine (SP) to artemether-lumefantrine (AL). The full text of the article may be seen here.