Symptom overlap for malaria and pneumonia - Policy implications for home management strategies

Acta Tropica

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 211-214

  Källander, Karin ^a   Nsungwa Sabiiti, Jesca ^b,c   Peterson, Stefan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Home management; IMCI; Malaria; Overlap; Pneumonia; Uganda

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TREATMENT; MALARIA; PNEUMONIA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUGH; FEVER; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; HYPERVENTILATION; INFANT; MALARIA; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; UGANDA;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

EID: 18144443457     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2003.11.013     Document Type: Article

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