Abstract
Goal: The objective of our study was to assess the evolution of the knowledge and behavior of pharmacy pharmacists in the fight against malaria with a view to involving officer's pharmacists in the fight against malaria.Method: This was a cross-sectional descriptive study that took place in two phases in the private dispensaries of the Bamako district of Mali. The first phase of the study (initial investigation) took place from April to May 2014 and covered 55 pharmacists from communes III and VI in Bamako. The second phase (monitoring) took place from November 2014 to November 2015, after training of all dispensary pharmacists in the Bamako district in accordance with the PNLP guidelines, which concerned all pharmacists in the Bamako district.Result: This revealed that some indicators are significantly improved: possession of a national policy document; Knowledge of drugs recommended for simple malaria; Practice and sale of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria. Other indicators have increased: availability of ACTs; Sale of insecticide-treated mosquito nets; Behavior before a suspicion of simple malaria; Behavior before suspicion of severe malaria.Conclusion: Thus, an involvement of officer pharmacists in malaria epidemiological surveillance can significantly reduce malaria morbidity and mortality. We recommend to the pharmacists the dispensation of the antimalaria ones according to the recommendations of the national program of fight against the malaria.
Highlights
Le paludisme est un problème majeur de santé publique en Afrique [1].Au Mali, selon l’EDS-MV 2012, le paludisme demeure l’endémie majeure et la première cause de morbidité et de mortalité dans les groupes les plus vulnérables, à savoir les enfants de moins de cinq ans et les femmes enceintes
Malgré les progrès accomplis dans le domaine de la prévention et du traitement, les statistiques sanitaires nationales révèlent que le paludisme se situe toujours au 1er rang des affections et représente 42 % des motifs de recours aux soins dans les formations sanitaires dans la population générale. [2].Ces stratégies de lutte sont effectuées par le Programme National de Lutte contre le Paludisme (PNLP), comme tous les programmes le PNLP mobilisent surtout le secteur public, tandis que la distribution des médicaments est assurée dans la forte majorité des cas par le secteur privé
Tableau I : Formation sur les antipaludiques et participation au lancement des activités du Projet Paludisme et Pharmacien d’Officine, Bamako, 2015
Summary
PALUDISME ET PHARMACIENS D’OFFICINE DE BAMAKO, MALI : CONNAISSANCE, ATTITUDES ET. MALARIA AND OFFICIER’S PHARMACISTS OF BAMAKO, MALI: KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND, PRACTICES. Méthodes : Il s’agissait d’une étude transversale descriptive qui s’est déroulée en deux phases dans les officines privées du district de Bamako, Mali. La seconde phase (monitorage) s’est déroulée de novembre 2014 à novembre 2015, après une formation de l’ensemble des pharmaciens d’officine du district de Bamako conformément aux directives du PNLP, qui avait concerné tous les pharmaciens du district de Bamako. Method: This was a cross-sectional descriptive study that took place in two phases in the private dispensaries of the Bamako district of Mali. Result: This revealed that some indicators are significantly improved: possession of a national policy document; Knowledge of drugs recommended for simple malaria; Practice and sale of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria.
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