Fever treatment and household wealth: The challenge posed for rolling out combination therapy for malaria

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 299-313

  Njau, J D ^a   Goodman, C ^b   Kachur, S P ^a,c   Palmer, N ^b   Khatib, R A ^a   Abdulla, S ^a   Mills, A ^b   Bloland, P ^c  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimalarials; Combination therapy; Equity; Household; Malaria; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; QUININE;

DISEASE TREATMENT; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; MALARIA;

BLOOD SAMPLING; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; ETHICS; FEVER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE; INFORMED CONSENT; MALARIA; ORGANIZATION; PARASITEMIA; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FEVER; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; RELIGION; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

CINCHONA PUBESCENS;

EID: 33644830290     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01569.x     Document Type: Review

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