Changing home treatment of childhood fevers by training shop keepers in rural Kenya

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 383-389

  Marsh, V M ^a,b   Mutemi, W M ^f   Muturi, J ^c   Haaland, A ^d   Watkins, W M ^a,e   Otieno, G ^a,e   Marsh, K ^a,b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c AMREF HEALTH AFRICA   (Kenya)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^f Ctr for Geogr Med Cost Research ^*

Author keywords

Health education; Kenya; Malaria; Shop keeper training

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CHLOROQUINE;

DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH CARE; MALARIA; RURAL AREA;

ARTICLE; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG USE; FEVER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; KENYA; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; TRAINING;

ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHLOROQUINE; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; DRUG INFORMATION SERVICES; DRUGS, NON-PRESCRIPTION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEVER; HUMANS; KENYA; MALARIA; PILOT PROJECTS; RURAL HEALTH;

KENYA;

EID: 0033055958     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00403.x     Document Type: Article

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