Malaria in rural Burkina Faso: local illness concepts, patterns of traditional treatment and influence on health-seeking behaviour

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Authors

Claudia Beiersmann · Heidelberg University

Aboubakary Sanou · Centre de Recherche en Santé de Nouna

Evelyn Wladarsch · Heidelberg University

Manuela De Allegri · Heidelberg University

Bocar Kouyaté · Centre National de Recherche et de Formation sur le Paludisme

Olaf Müller · Heidelberg University

Abstract

The findings complement previous evidence on health care-seeking behaviour, by showing how local concepts of illness strongly influence treatment and choice of provider. Local concepts of illness need to be considered when developing specific malaria control programmes.

Topics & Keywords

Malaria Research and Control Global Maternal and Child Health Mosquito-borne diseases and control

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: Malaria Journal

Volume 6, Issue 1, pp. 106-106

DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-6-106

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