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doi:10.22028/D291-32371
Title: | Antimalarial Drugs in Ghana: A Case Study on Personal Preferences |
Author(s): | Yeboah, Prince Forkuo, Arnold Donkor Amponsah, Obed Kwabena Offe Adomako, Nana Ofori Abdin, Ahmad Yaman Nasim, Muhammad Jawad Pitsch, Werner Panyin, Anto Berko Emrich, Eike Jacob, Claus |
Language: | English |
Title: | Sci |
Volume: | 2 |
Issue: | 3 |
Publisher/Platform: | MDPI |
Year of Publication: | 2020 |
Free key words: | adverse drug reactions antimalarial Ghana herbal remedies malaria questionnaire street sale orthodox medicines patient preference |
DDC notations: | 610 Medicine and health |
Publikation type: | Journal Article |
Abstract: | Malaria is a serious infection affecting millions of people in Africa. Our study investigated the personal preferences and applications of antimalarial medicines in Ghana. Based on over 1000 questionnaires distributed in Ghana from January to May 2019, we noticed that although Western medications to fight this disease are widely available, most patients in Ghana prefer treatment with locally produced herbal remedies. This preference appears to be due to a combination of traditional venues for obtaining medicines “on the street” rather than in licensed pharmacies, trust in local and “green” products, extensive advertisement of such local products, and an inherent distrust of imported and synthetic or orthodox medicines. Going local and natural is a trend also observed in other countries across the globe and adds to the acceptance or rejection of drugs regardless of their activity or toxicity. In fact, adverse side effects associated with herbal remedies, such as general weakness, swelling and sore mouth, do not seem to deter the respondents of this study in Ghana. We propose a combination of (a) increasing public awareness of the benefits of modern medicine and (b) an improvement and control of the quality of herbal remedies to raise the standard for the treatment of malaria in countries such as Ghana. |
DOI of the first publication: | 10.3390/sci2030049 |
Link to this record: | urn:nbn:de:bsz:291--ds-323717 hdl:20.500.11880/30760 http://dx.doi.org/10.22028/D291-32371 |
ISSN: | 2413-4155 |
Date of registration: | 1-Mar-2021 |
Description of the related object: | Supplementary Material |
Related object: | https://www.mdpi.com/2413-4155/2/3/49/s1 |
Faculty: | HW - Fakultät für Empirische Humanwissenschaften und Wirtschaftswissenschaft NT - Naturwissenschaftlich- Technische Fakultät |
Department: | HW - Sportwissenschaft NT - Pharmazie |
Professorship: | HW - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Eike Emrich NT - Prof. Dr. Claus Jacob |
Collections: | SciDok - Der Wissenschaftsserver der Universität des Saarlandes |
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