A community-based programme to provide prompt and adequate treatment of presumptive malaria in children

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 512-517

  Pagnoni, Franco ^a,b,e   Convelbo, Nathalie ^a   Tiendrebeogo, Justin ^a   Cousens, Simon ^c   Esposito, Fulvio ^d  

^a MINISTÈRE DE LA SANTÉ   (Burkina Faso)

^b Dir Generale Cooperazione Sviluppo   (Italy)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^e Ctr Natl Lutte Contre le Paludisme   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; Children; Community based treatment; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; PARACETAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MORBIDITY; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PEDIATRICS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RURAL AREA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0030668892     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90006-7     Document Type: Article

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