Diagnosis and management of malaria by rural community health providers in the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Laos)

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 540-546

  Mayxay, Mayfong ^a,b   Pongvongsa, Tiengkham ^c   Phompida, Samlane ^d   Phetsouvanh, Rattanaxay ^d   White, Nicholas J ^a,e,f   Newton, Paul N ^a,e  

^a MAHOSOT HOSPITAL   (Laos)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LAOS   (Laos)

^c Savannakhet Provincial Station of Malariology Parasitology and Entomology   (Laos)

^d Centre of Malariology   (Laos)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Health providers; Knowledge; Laos; Malaria; Management

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ARTESUNATE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLOROQUINE; QUININE; TETRACYCLINE;

HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; KNOWLEDGE; MALARIA; RURAL POPULATION;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG MANUFACTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LAOS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; NAUSEA; PHARMACY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SHOCK; STOMACH PAIN; TINNITUS; VERTIGO;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHLOROQUINE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LAOS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; QUININE; RURAL HEALTH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT FAILURE; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

ASIA; EURASIA; LAOS; SAVANNAKHET PROVINCES; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIENTIANE;

EID: 34247358256     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01820.x     Document Type: Article

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