Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of artemisinin-based combination antimalarial drugs and malaria rapid diagnostic tests within the context of effective vector control : case study of Southern Africa

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dc.contributor.advisorMcIntyre, Dien_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorBarnes, Karenen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorZikusooka, Charlotte Muhekien_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-12T07:06:19Z
dc.date.available2014-09-12T07:06:19Z
dc.date.issued2006en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 253-265)en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis study seeks to use the techniques of cost-effectiveness analysis to evaluate, within the context of effective vector control, the change to artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) as first line malaria treatment and to evaluate the relevance of using definitive diagnosis (as opposed to clinical diagnosis) as the basis for initiating malaria treatment, especially when using ACTs for treatment. The cost-effectiveness of ACTs was evaluated in two study sites (i.e. In Kwazulu Natal which switched from SP monotherapy to AL in 2001 and in Mpumalanga which changed from SP monotherapy to AS+SP in 2003) in South Africa. The economic evaluation of use of routine definitive diagnosis as part of malaria case management, using rapid diagnostic tests (ROTs), was undertaken at two districts (Namaacha and Matutuine), in southern Mozambique, where routine use of ROTs and treating malaria patients with an ACT (using artesunate + SP) were implemented at pilot level in 2003.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationZikusooka, C. M. (2006). <i>Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of artemisinin-based combination antimalarial drugs and malaria rapid diagnostic tests within the context of effective vector control : case study of Southern Africa</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Public Health and Family Medicine. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7439en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationZikusooka, Charlotte Muheki. <i>"Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of artemisinin-based combination antimalarial drugs and malaria rapid diagnostic tests within the context of effective vector control : case study of Southern Africa."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Public Health and Family Medicine, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7439en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationZikusooka, C. 2006. Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of artemisinin-based combination antimalarial drugs and malaria rapid diagnostic tests within the context of effective vector control : case study of Southern Africa. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Zikusooka, Charlotte Muheki AB - This study seeks to use the techniques of cost-effectiveness analysis to evaluate, within the context of effective vector control, the change to artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) as first line malaria treatment and to evaluate the relevance of using definitive diagnosis (as opposed to clinical diagnosis) as the basis for initiating malaria treatment, especially when using ACTs for treatment. The cost-effectiveness of ACTs was evaluated in two study sites (i.e. In Kwazulu Natal which switched from SP monotherapy to AL in 2001 and in Mpumalanga which changed from SP monotherapy to AS+SP in 2003) in South Africa. The economic evaluation of use of routine definitive diagnosis as part of malaria case management, using rapid diagnostic tests (ROTs), was undertaken at two districts (Namaacha and Matutuine), in southern Mozambique, where routine use of ROTs and treating malaria patients with an ACT (using artesunate + SP) were implemented at pilot level in 2003. DA - 2006 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2006 T1 - Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of artemisinin-based combination antimalarial drugs and malaria rapid diagnostic tests within the context of effective vector control : case study of Southern Africa TI - Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of artemisinin-based combination antimalarial drugs and malaria rapid diagnostic tests within the context of effective vector control : case study of Southern Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7439 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/7439
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationZikusooka CM. Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of artemisinin-based combination antimalarial drugs and malaria rapid diagnostic tests within the context of effective vector control : case study of Southern Africa. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Public Health and Family Medicine, 2006 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7439en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Public Health and Family Medicineen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherPublic Healthen_ZA
dc.titleEvaluating the cost-effectiveness of artemisinin-based combination antimalarial drugs and malaria rapid diagnostic tests within the context of effective vector control : case study of Southern Africaen_ZA
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