A community perspective on the efficacy of malaria treatment options for children in Lundazi District, Zambia

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 641-652

  Williams, Holly Ann ^a,d   Kachur, S Patrick ^a   Nalwamba, N Charity ^b   Hightower, Allen ^a   Simoonga, Christopher ^b   Mphande, Peter C ^c  

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

^b TROPICAL DISEASES RESEARCH CENTRE   (Zambia)

^c Lundazi Dist Hlth Management Team ^*  (Zambia)

^d MS F 22   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloroquine; Drug resistance; Efficacy; Malaria; Perceptions; Sulphadoxine pyrimethamine; Zambia

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR; PARACETAMOL;

CHILD HEALTH; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE CONTROL; MALARIA;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZAMBIA;

ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLOROQUINE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZAMBIA;

ZAMBIA;

EID: 0032759648     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00471.x     Document Type: Article

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