This is a problem because Over diagnosis leads to:
• Unnecessary waste of resources.
• The incidence of drug resistance.
• Delayed diagnosis of other possible causes of fever, which is dangerous.
THE Test before treatment campaign-Don’t play doctor with malaria
The Support to National Malaria Program (SUNMAP) a United Kingdom Aid department for International development funded program, recently launched a campaign to scale up the prevention and treatment of malaria. The campaign tagged “DON’T play doctor with Malaria” is aimed at educating the entire populace about the need to ALWAYS TEST before treating malaria.
If patients realize that not every fever is malaria and that they need to test themselves before taking anti-malaria drugs, presumptive diagnosis (and of course over-diagnosis) will be greatly reduced.
Codix Pharma is a Proud partner in this initiative as part of our broader commitment to the fight against Malaria thereby improving the health of the nation. The company’s involvement in this campaign spans:
• Facilitating access to Quick and Accurate Diagnosis (Through RDTs)
• Capacity building
• Awareness generation
Join the fight against Malaria- Always Test before treating malaria with WHO prequalified SD Bioline malaria test kits!!!
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