Case management of malaria in under-fives at primary health care facilities in a Tanzanian district

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 201-209

  Nsimba, Stephen E D ^a,b   Massele, Amos Y ^a   Eriksen, Jaran ^b,c   Gustafsson, Lars L ^c   Tomson, Goran ^b   Warsame, Marian ^b  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Chloroquine; Drug prescription; Malaria; Respiratory problems; Under fives

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; BENZYL BENZOATE; CHLOROQUINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FOLIC ACID; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; PENICILLIN G;

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH CARE; MALARIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSULTATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMODIUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SELF INJECTION; TANZANIA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMALARIALS; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLOROQUINE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; TANZANIA;

TANZANIA;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036205220     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2002.00847.x     Document Type: Article

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