Improving adherence to malaria treatment for children: The use of pre-packed chloroquine tablets vs. chloroquine syrup

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 496-504

  Ansah, E K ^a,c   Gyapong, J O ^a   Agyepong, I A ^b   Evans, D B ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ghana)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c NONE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Adherence; Drug dosage; Home management; Malaria treatment; Pre packaging

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE;

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE TREATMENT; MALARIA;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG COST; DRUG PACKAGING; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; PALATABILITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYRUP; TABLET;

ANTIMALARIALS; CAREGIVERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLOROQUINE; COUNSELING; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; GHANA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; TABLETS;

AFRICA;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034917609     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2001.00740.x     Document Type: Article

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