AMREF Malaria Prevention, Control and Management

This course was designed in order to equip you with the knowledge, skills and right attitudes to fight malaria. These materials were created by the African Medical Research Foundation (AMREF)

In particular, it was intended to:

• Provide health workers at different levels of health care service with knowledge, skills, practice and attitudes on malaria prevention and control through self-guided/tutored materials on malaria;
• Provide you with a quick reference for use at your place of work so that you can effect prompt diagnosis, appropriate treatment and/or referral of malaria cases;
• To provide you with simple diagnostic and treatment guidelines which you can internalize through self-guided learning.

The modules of the course:

• Introduction to the Course
• Unit 1: About Malaria
• Unit 2: Clinical Assessment of Malaria
• Unit 3: Severe and Complicated Malaria
• Unit 4: Treatment of Malaria
• Unit 5: Treatment Defaults in Malaria
• Unit 6: Referral in Severe and Complicated Malaria
• Unit 7: Malaria in Pregnancy
• Unit 8: Prevention and Control of Malaria
• Unit 9: Community Based Management of Fever and Malaria in Children
• Unit 10: HIV/AIDS and Malaria
• Unit 11: Counselling and Health Education on Malaria
• Unit 12: Malaria Surveillance

You can also view the course details on the Commonwealth of Learning's website.