Zambia Integrated Management of Malaria and Pneumonia Study

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2009-09-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of the study is to demonstrate the effectiveness and feasibility of community-based management of pneumonia and malaria by community health workers (CHWs) in a rural district of Zambia.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Boston University
• Collaborators: Center for International Health and Development; United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
• Treatments: Amoxicillin; Artemether-lumefantrine combination; Artemether, Lumefantrine Drug Combination; Artemisinins

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age between 6 months and 5 years

• Present with history of fever or reported fever

• Present with cough or difficult breathing

Exclusion Criteria:

• Age below 6 months and above 5 years

• Presence of signs and symptoms of severe illness