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ACT implementation in a humanitarian emergency: an overview & case study from the field

In the context of a major humanitarian emergency, malaria constitutes a major public health issue, contributing to significant morbidity and mortality.

This article focuses on Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy (or ACT), which is now the first-line malaria treatment recommended by the WHO, and how it can be successfully implemented in a humanitarian emergency.

Malaria is a very important cause of disease and death in humanitarian emergencies, and surveillance and control of malaria and other diseases form a key part of any humanitarian intervention.

The article states that the implementation of ACT should be undertaken in the most responsible and methodical fashion possible, and should be a priority health intervention in malaria-endemic and epidemic-prone areas.

 

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