CONNAISSANCES, ATTITUDES ET PRATIQUES DES PRESTATAIRES DE SOINS SUR LA LUTTE ANTIPALUDIQUE DANS LA VILLE-PROVINCE DE KINSHASA / REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO ( KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES OF CARE PROVIDERS ON MALARIA CONTROL IN THE CITY OF-PROVINCE KINSHASA / DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO )

Malaria due by Plasmodium falciparum is the cause of 39.3% of deaths among hospitalized children under 5 in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Today, in addition under five die by malaria as victim of fake drugs or even of auto medication, with the major risk of inducing selection of Plasmodium resistant strains to conventional antimalarial drugs. This study was conducted to determine the knowledge, attitudes and practices on malaria by care providers. A transversal and descriptive survey was conducted in 43. The following results were obtained: 50% of nurses and 50% of physicians were interviewed, 61.1% did not retrained, 38.8% know more than five signs of severe malaria; 84.1% versus 15.9% require laboratory confirmation before treatment; 51% recommend intermittent preventive treatment of pregnant women; 1.7% prescribe chloroquine; 12% prescribe quinine, 8.5% prescribe amodiaquine monotherapy and 20.5% tablet artesunate monotherapy for uncomplicated malaria; quinine is prescribed to 99.2% and 1.7% intra venous artesunate for complicated malaria treatment of and 78.5% did not refere cases beyond their competence. Recycling remains a key concern, anarchy prescribers and non-adherence to national policy providers are barriers to malaria control efforts, we must emphasize the campaigns on education, information and communication for health providers behavior change on case management in the health structures .