Health Services
Malaria Treatment
Components
of our malaria program include laboratory diagnostics, drug
supply, health education, pregnancy screenings for women,
and curative treatment.
Treatment of malaria is conducted according to Burmese Border
Guidelines and SMRU protocol. IPD have traditionally used Artesunate
Combined Therapy (ACT); in 2002, we began to use ACT for outpatient
malaria cases, as well, through funding by Thai Public Health.
Due to funding problems in 2004, we reverted to Quinine and Doxycycline
for outpatients (while ACT continued to be used in IPD). By February,
2005, funding became available and we were again able to use
ACT for outpatients.
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