From home to hospital: beliefs and practices related to severe malaria in Sudan.

Purpose: To develop effective measures of reducing the proportion of severe malaria presentation and deaths attributed to malaria, an adequate understanding of beliefs and practices in households and at the level of primary health care is necessary. The objectives of this paper are to explore beliefs and practices related to the management of severe malaria, and to identify barriers to early consultation.

Subjects And Methods: A cross-sectional hospital-based study was conducted in five hospitals in Sudan in 2003.