Evaluation of an algorithm for the integrated management of childhood illness in an area with seasonal malaria in the Gambia

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 75, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages 25-32

  Weber, M W ^a,b   Mulholland, E K ^a   Jaffar, S ^a   Troedsson, H ^c   Gove, S ^a,c   Greenwood, B M ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c 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; DEHYDRATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFANT; MALARIA; MALNUTRITION; OTITIS MEDIA; PARASITEMIA;

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

ALGORITHMS; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; PEDIATRICS; SEASONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

GAMBIA;

EID: 0031853658     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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