Evaluation of an algorithm for integrated management of childhood illness in an area of Kenya with high malaria transmission

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 75, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages 33-42

  Perkins, B A ^a   Zucker, J R ^a   Otieno, J ^b   Jafari, H S ^a   Paxton, L ^a   Redd, S C ^a   Nahlen, B L ^a   Schwartz, B ^a   Oloo, A J ^b   Olango, C ^c   Gove, S ^d   Campbell, C C ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c Siaya District Hospital   (Kenya)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MALARIA;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIARRHEA; EAR INFECTION; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MALARIA; MALNUTRITION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PNEUMONIA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; KENYA; MALARIA; METHODOLOGICAL STUDIES; MORBIDITY; ORGANIZATIONS; PARASITIC DISEASES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; TREATMENT; UN; UNICEF; WHO; YOUTH;

ALGORITHMS; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PNEUMONIA;

KENYA;

EID: 0031822343     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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