Home and community management of acute respiratory infections in children in eight Ugandan districts

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 283-291

  Källander, Karin ^a   Nsungwa Sabiiti, Jesca ^a,b,c   Balyeku, Andrew ^c   Pariyo, George ^b   Tomson, Göran ^a   Peterson, Stefan ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; PENICILLIN V; PROCAINE PENICILLIN; PYRIMETHAMINE; QUININE; SULFADOXINE;

CHILD HEALTH; COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE CONTROL; RESPIRATORY DISEASE;

ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CAREGIVER; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMMUNITY CARE; COMORBIDITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PHARMACY; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; UGANDA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMALARIALS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COUGH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FEVER; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UGANDA;

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

EID: 28844492556     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146532805X72430     Document Type: Article

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