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Knowledge of Malaria and Its Uncomplicated Treatment with Argemone mexicana L. in Selected Districts of Jimma Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross Sectional Survey

BACKGROUND: With the problems of increasing levels of drug resistance and difficulties to afford and access effective antimalarial drugs in poor and remote areas, herbal medicines could be an important and sustainable source of treatment. Argemone mexicana L. (AM) is a medicinal plant known long ago...

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Autores principales: Tekassa, Tamirat, Hasen, Gemmechu, Merga, Hailu, Cavin, Anne-Laure, Graz, Bertrand, Suleman, Sultan
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Publicado: Dove 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9208626/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35734537
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S367524
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author Tekassa, Tamirat
Hasen, Gemmechu
Merga, Hailu
Cavin, Anne-Laure
Graz, Bertrand
Suleman, Sultan
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Hasen, Gemmechu
Merga, Hailu
Cavin, Anne-Laure
Graz, Bertrand
Suleman, Sultan
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description BACKGROUND: With the problems of increasing levels of drug resistance and difficulties to afford and access effective antimalarial drugs in poor and remote areas, herbal medicines could be an important and sustainable source of treatment. Argemone mexicana L. (AM) is a medicinal plant known long ago in several countries for treatment of numerous diseases including malaria. The aim of this study was to conduct a survey on the use of AM in the prevention and treatment of uncomplicated malaria in selected districts of Jimma Zone, Oromia Regional state, Ethiopia. METHODS: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted in two selected districts in Jimma Zone, southwest Ethiopia. In total, 552 participants from 17 kebeles (villages/communities) and 18 traditional healers of the districts were interviewed. Data collection was conducted from April 27 to May 18, 2020 using pre-tested structured questionnaires. The data were analyzed using Epi Info 7.0 and the descriptive statistics were used to summarize the results. RESULTS: The study indicated that AM is available, known by 39.8% of the respondents and used for prevention and treatment of malaria by 5.7% of the population. All traditional healers interviewed knew the plant, and 44.4% use it for treatment of malaria. In addition, AM is especially used to treat malaria, amoebiasis, diarrhea, cough, and tuberculosis. CONCLUSION: The availability and use of AM to treat malaria was verified in both community and traditional healers. AM, which was found effective as antimalarial plant in high Plasmodium falciparum endemicity in Mali, is also well known and accepted in these areas of Ethiopia for the treatment of malaria. Further research is needed to assess wether AM is also effective against malaria in Ethiopia where P. vivax and P. falciparum coexist.
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spelling pubmed-92086262022-06-21 Knowledge of Malaria and Its Uncomplicated Treatment with Argemone mexicana L. in Selected Districts of Jimma Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross Sectional Survey Tekassa, Tamirat Hasen, Gemmechu Merga, Hailu Cavin, Anne-Laure Graz, Bertrand Suleman, Sultan Infect Drug Resist Original Research BACKGROUND: With the problems of increasing levels of drug resistance and difficulties to afford and access effective antimalarial drugs in poor and remote areas, herbal medicines could be an important and sustainable source of treatment. Argemone mexicana L. (AM) is a medicinal plant known long ago in several countries for treatment of numerous diseases including malaria. The aim of this study was to conduct a survey on the use of AM in the prevention and treatment of uncomplicated malaria in selected districts of Jimma Zone, Oromia Regional state, Ethiopia. METHODS: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted in two selected districts in Jimma Zone, southwest Ethiopia. In total, 552 participants from 17 kebeles (villages/communities) and 18 traditional healers of the districts were interviewed. Data collection was conducted from April 27 to May 18, 2020 using pre-tested structured questionnaires. The data were analyzed using Epi Info 7.0 and the descriptive statistics were used to summarize the results. RESULTS: The study indicated that AM is available, known by 39.8% of the respondents and used for prevention and treatment of malaria by 5.7% of the population. All traditional healers interviewed knew the plant, and 44.4% use it for treatment of malaria. In addition, AM is especially used to treat malaria, amoebiasis, diarrhea, cough, and tuberculosis. CONCLUSION: The availability and use of AM to treat malaria was verified in both community and traditional healers. AM, which was found effective as antimalarial plant in high Plasmodium falciparum endemicity in Mali, is also well known and accepted in these areas of Ethiopia for the treatment of malaria. Further research is needed to assess wether AM is also effective against malaria in Ethiopia where P. vivax and P. falciparum coexist. Dove 2022-06-16 /pmc/articles/PMC9208626/ /pubmed/35734537 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S367524 Text en © 2022 Tekassa et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) ). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php).
spellingShingle Original Research
Tekassa, Tamirat
Hasen, Gemmechu
Merga, Hailu
Cavin, Anne-Laure
Graz, Bertrand
Suleman, Sultan
Knowledge of Malaria and Its Uncomplicated Treatment with Argemone mexicana L. in Selected Districts of Jimma Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross Sectional Survey
title Knowledge of Malaria and Its Uncomplicated Treatment with Argemone mexicana L. in Selected Districts of Jimma Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross Sectional Survey
title_full Knowledge of Malaria and Its Uncomplicated Treatment with Argemone mexicana L. in Selected Districts of Jimma Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross Sectional Survey
title_fullStr Knowledge of Malaria and Its Uncomplicated Treatment with Argemone mexicana L. in Selected Districts of Jimma Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross Sectional Survey
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge of Malaria and Its Uncomplicated Treatment with Argemone mexicana L. in Selected Districts of Jimma Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross Sectional Survey
title_short Knowledge of Malaria and Its Uncomplicated Treatment with Argemone mexicana L. in Selected Districts of Jimma Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross Sectional Survey
title_sort knowledge of malaria and its uncomplicated treatment with argemone mexicana l. in selected districts of jimma zone, oromia regional state, ethiopia: a community-based cross sectional survey
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9208626/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35734537
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S367524
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