Open Access<p>Compliance with Primary Malaria Chemoprophylaxis: Is Weekly Prophylaxis Better Than Daily Prophylaxis?</p>
Author(s) -
Chaturaka Rodrigo,
Senaka Rajapakse,
Deepika Fernando
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
patient preference and adherence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.885
H-Index - 48
ISSN - 1177-889X
DOI - 10.2147/ppa.s255561
Subject(s) - medicine , chemoprophylaxis , malaria prophylaxis , malaria , compliance (psychology) , immunology , psychology , social psychology
Chemoprophylaxis is an effective tool for individuals to minimize their risk of contracting malaria and serves an important public health role in preventing imported malaria. Yet, it is only effective if the traveller is fully compliant with the prescribed regimen. For many destinations, a choice of prophylactic agents is available, so historical compliance data can be helpful for both physicians and travellers to make an informed decision.