Antimalarial prescribing practices: A challenge to malaria control in Ghana

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 332-337

  Abuaku, B K ^a   Koram, K A ^a   Binka, F N ^b  

^a University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Antimalarial practices; Ghana; Malaria control; Prescribing practices

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ; CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR; HALOFANTRINE; QUININE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG EFFICACY; GHANA; INJECTION; INTERVIEW; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; PRESCRIPTION; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AMODIAQUINE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CHLOROQUINE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG UTILIZATION; GHANA; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALARIA; MEDICAL AUDIT; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PHENANTHRENES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PYRIMETHAMINE; QUININE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SESQUITERPENES; SULFADOXINE;

EID: 23844500644     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086931     Document Type: Article

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