Home Management of Malaria and Pneumonia (HMM/P)
Malaria, Pneumonia
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Malaria focused on measuring Impact of home management of malaria and pneumonia on child mortality, home management of malaria and pneumonia
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- living in one of the study cluster (villages)
- no story of allergy to any of the study drugs
- history of fever or body temperature >= 38.5°C
Exclusion Criteria:
- signs of severity/complications like impaired consciousness, convulsions, fast breathing etc
Sites / Locations
- Groupe de Recherche Action en Sante (GRAS sarl)
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
No Intervention
Experimental
Experimental
nothing at home level
Home management of malaria
Home management of malaria and pneumonia
No intervention at community level. The study drugs (arthemeter/Lumefantrine and Cotrimoxazole) available at the health facility drug stores level and prescribed exclusively to sick children attending to the health facility for care seeking. No Community Heath Worker /Key Opinion leader (CHWs/KOLs) selected in those clusters
At the community level, the Community health workers/ keay opinion leader (HWs/KOLs) trained and equipped to provide the antimalarial drug (arthemeter/Lumefantrine ) to any child with fever ("hot body") without any other signs of complications like impaired consciousness, convulsions, etc
At the community level, the Community health workers/ key opinion leader (HWs/KOLs) trained and equipped to provide the antimalarial drug (arthemeter/Lumefantrine ) or antibiotic (Cotrimoxazole) to any child with fever ("hot body") without any other signs of complications like impaired consciousness, convulsions, etc. The treatment decision making for the CHWs/KOLs based on the algorithm