Measuring schistosomiasis case management of the health services in Ghana and Mali

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 149-157

  Van Der Werf, Marieke J ^a   De Vlas, Sake J ^a,b   Landouré, Aly ^c   Bosompem, Kwabena M ^d   Habbema, J D F ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c Inst Natl de Rech S Publique   (Mali)

^d University of Ghana   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Disease control; Ghana; Integration; Mali; Passive case detection; Primary health care; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; METRONIDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIARRHEA; GHANA; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALI; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORBIDITY; PRESCRIPTION; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SYMPTOM; URINALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GHANA; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; MALE; MALI; METRONIDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

AFRICA; GHANA; MALI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; TREMATODA;

EID: 0842308686     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.01153.x     Document Type: Article

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