Health seeking behaviour
A range of factors influence a patient's decision to seek health care, and where to seek that care. A better understanding of the factors influencing health seeking behaviour has the potential to improve health outcomes.
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Collecting household costs: ACT Consortium guidance
Guidance for non-economist audience on the importance of household costs related to seeking health care
Calcul des coûts pour les ménages : guide de l’ACT Consortium
Directives destines aider les non-conomistes comprendre limportance des cots de la sant pour les mnages
Peer-reviewed publications
'… in the project they really care for us': meaning and experiences of participating in a clinical study of first-line treatment for malaria and HIV in Tanzanian adults.
Global Public Health
Community case management of malaria: exploring support, capacity and motivation of community medicine distributors in Uganda
Health Policy and Planning
Projects
Understanding perceptions of HIV-positive people taking malaria treatment
News
World AIDS Day 2013: What happens if we take HIV and malaria drugs at the same time?
Several African countries are heavily affected by both HIV/AIDS and malaria. The ACT Consortium is investigating how antimalarial and antiretroviral drugs interact when taken simultaneously.
Better engagement with communities could improve health care for children with a fever
Supporting communities with health promotion campaigns could help mothers and other caregivers to seek health care for their children, ensuring that they receive prompt, appropriate
ACT Consortium researchers present at ASTMH 2014
The 63rd annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene takes place between 2-6 November in New Orleans, USA. Find out which research results we will present