King's College London: Implementation of Improved Systems for Better Malarial Care

Connaught is one of Sierra Leone’s busiest public hospitals, providing care for approximately 2,000 people per day. It is a referral hospital, but also provides primary care. Urgent and non-urgent cases are admitted via the accident and emergency department. 70% arrive with fever and many are given malaria drugs they don’t need. This project will create better diagnosis and management pathways for fever, in line with national guidelines for malaria. It will train health workers, and put in place a simple data system to ensure that decision-makers and planners have complete and timely data. Toolkits will be developed to help other hospitals improve quality of care for patients with fever, and support the alignment of hospitals (many of whom fulfil a primary care function) with National Malaria Control Programme protocols (which are currently not adapted to hospital settings).

Programme: Fighting Malaria, Improving Health

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