Evaluation of chloroquine as a potent anti-malarial drug: Issues of public health policy and healthcare delivery in post-war Liberia

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-87

  Massaquoi, Moses B F ^a,b   Kennedy, Stephen B ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIBERIA   (Liberia)

^c PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloroquine resistance; Liberia; Malaria; Plasmodium faciparium; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; PYRIMETHAMINE SULFADIAZINE; QUININE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG LEGISLATION; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SCREENING; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MORBIDITY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; WAR;

ANTIMALARIALS; CHLOROQUINE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LIBERIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; WAR;

EID: 0037319207     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2753.2003.00391.x     Document Type: Article

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