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Table 3 Drugs used as second-line treatment by health professionals in rural zone

From: Treatment of malaria from monotherapy to artemisinin-based combination therapy by health professionals in rural health facilities in southern Cameroon

Anti-malarial drugs

Adults (%)

Pregnant women (%)

Under-five children (%)

Injectable artemether

2.0

0.0

2.0

Injectable quinine

68.8

84.4

48.0

Amodiaquine

2.0

0.0

3.9

Artesunate

3.9

2.0

0.0

Dihydroartemisinin

2.0

2.0

7.6

Halofantrine

2.0

0.0

2.0

Quinine tablets

9.6

7.6

32.5

Injectable quinine+SP

2.0

0.0

0.0

Quinine + antibiotics

2.0

2.0

2.0

Sulphadoxine/pyrimethamine

5.7

2.0

2.0

  1. SP: sulphadoxine/pyrimethamine