Open AccessChallenges Related to Antimalarial Abuse in Coronavirus Disease-2019 Treatment in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Author(s) -
Anselme Manyong,
Ange Landela
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2473-4780
DOI - 10.17140/epoj-5-121
Subject(s) - malaria , pharmacy , medicine , intensive care medicine , covid-19 , disease , drug resistance , pandemic , environmental health , family medicine , infectious disease (medical specialty) , immunology , biology , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology
Malaria is endemic to many African countries and geographies and remains the leading cause of morbidity and mortality on the continent. Ongoing efforts by health authorities to reverse the scale of malaria are often faced to the challenges of drug resistance often generated by therapeutic abuses relating to self-medication, sub-therapeutic under dosages and poor storage and handling of drugs throughout the pharmacy supply chain system.