How sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) was perceived in some rural communities after phasing out chloroquine (CQ) as a first-line drug for uncomplicated malaria in Tanzania: Lessons to learn towards moving from monotherapy to fixed combination therapy

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Nsimba, Stephen E D ^a  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE; SULFADOXINE-PYRIMETHAMINE;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DRUG COMBINATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALARIA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; RURAL POPULATION; TANZANIA;

ANTIMALARIALS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHLOROQUINE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALARIA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERCEPTION; PYRIMETHAMINE; RURAL POPULATION; SULFADOXINE; TANZANIA;

EID: 33751257579     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-2-5     Document Type: Article

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