Issue |
Parasite
Volume 26, 2019
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Article Number | 16 | |
Number of page(s) | 3 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2019016 | |
Published online | 22 March 2019 |
Short Note
Antimalarial stewardship programs are urgently needed for malaria elimination: a perspective
Des programmes de gouvernance du traitement antipaludique sont requis d’urgence pour l’élimination du paludisme : une perspective
1
Groupement Hospitalier Nord, Service Pharmacie, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, F-69004, France
2
ICBMS CNRS 5246, SMITh, Malaria Research Unit, Campus Lyon-Tech La Doua, Université de Lyon, Villeurbanne, F-69100, France
3
Malaria Research and Training Center, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako, PO Box: 1805 Point G, Bamako, Mali
4
Groupement Hospitalier Nord, Institut de Parasitologie et Mycologie Médicale, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, F-69004, France
* Corresponding author: stephane.picot@univ-lyon1.fr
Received:
11
February
2019
Accepted:
7
March
2019
Global malaria cases have not been significantly reduced over the last three years although more than USD 3 billion was invested in malaria control and elimination. The reasons for this stagnation are highly complex and multi-factorial. It remains that almost three billion treatment courses were supplied over the period 2010–2017: 30% of them without malaria tests, and some with suboptimal doses leading to the risk of selection of resistant parasites. An antimalarial stewardship program should be implemented at the healthcare provider, physician, pharmacist, medical student, and population levels. This would significantly reinforce the impact of international guidelines and national malaria program policies and fill the gap between recommendations and actual practices.
Résumé
Le nombre total de cas de paludisme n’a pas été significativement réduit au cours des trois dernières années bien que plus de 3 milliards de dollars aient été investis dans le contrôle et l’élimination du paludisme. Les raisons de cette stagnation sont complexes et multifactorielles. Néanmoins, presque trois milliards de traitement ont été fournis entre 2010 et 2017 : 30 % d’entre eux sans test de diagnostic du paludisme, certains avec des doses sub-optimales, entrainant le risque de sélection de parasites résistants. Un programme de gouvernance ou « stewardship » devrait être mis en place au niveau des prestataires de santé, des médecins, des pharmaciens, des étudiants en médecine et de la population. Cela renforcerait significativement l’impact des directives internationales et des politiques des programmes nationaux de lutte contre le paludisme, et comblerait le fossé entre les recommandations et les pratiques réelles.
Key words: Malaria / Treatment / Stewardship / Antimalarial drug / Elimination / Guidelines
© A.-L. Bienvenu et al., published by EDP Sciences, 2019
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