Table 1. Integrated community case management treatment guidelines for Malawi for children aged 2–59 months old [23].
Diagnosis | Medication | Duration | Frequency | Dose |
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Pneumonia | Amoxicillin | 5 days | Twice daily | 2–11 months: 1 tablet 12–59 months: 2 tablets |
Cotrimoxazole (‘bactrim’) | 5 days | Twice daily | 2–11 months: ½ tablet 12–59 months: 1 tablet |
|
Paracetamol | 3 days | Three times daily | <10kg: ¼ tablet >10kg: ½ tablet |
|
Malaria | Lumefantrine-artemether (LA) | 3 days | Twice daily | 2–35 months: 1 tablet 36–59 months: 2 tablets |
Paracetamol | 3 days | Three times daily | <10kg: ¼ tablet >10kg: ½ tablet |
|
Diarrhoea | Oral rehydration salts (ORS) | Unspecified | After each loose stool | At least ½ cup |
Zinc supplement | 10 days | Once daily | 2–6 months: ½ tablet 7–59 months: 1 tablet |