Feasibility of a community health worker strategy for providing near and appropriate treatment of malaria in southeast Nigeria: An analysis of activities, costs and outcomes

Acta Tropica

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 95-105

  Onwujekwe, Obinna ^a,b   Uzochukwu, Benjamin ^c   Ojukwu, Juliana ^d   Dike, Nkem ^b   Shu, Elvis ^b  

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

^b University of Nigeria Enugu Campus   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^d EBONYI STATE UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

CHW; Community health workers; Costs; Malaria; Nigeria; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR;

COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TREATMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MALARIA; RURAL AREA;

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NIGERIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIMALARIALS; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALARIA; NIGERIA; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION;

ADU; AFRICA; AHANI; ENUGU [NIGERIA]; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33847686468     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2006.07.013     Document Type: Article

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