1. What do our youngest patients need?
ASTMH annual meeting 2018
quality child friendly medication for malaria

2. tablets: dispersible/soluble?
ASTMH annual meeting quality child friendly medication for malaria

3. palatability… “+ give sugar/sugared water to mask the bitter taste”
Source: MSF guidance ASAQ administration
ASTMH annual meeting quality child friendly medication for malaria

4. …drugs accepted by caretakers…?
ASTMH annual meeting quality child friendly medication for malaria

5. simplicity of preparation/administration…
ASTMH annual meeting quality child friendly medication for malaria

6. availability Rectal artesunate (50 mg, 200 mg, 100mg) yearly public sector sales
RAS 100mg ERP approved in 2017
and WHO Prequalified in 2018
ASTMH annual meeting quality child friendly medication for malaria

7. evidence and guidance…
WHO Malaria Treatment guidelines 3rd edition