Malaria in rural Burkina Faso: Local illness concepts, patterns of traditional treatment and influence on health-seeking behaviour

Malaria Journal

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Beiersmann, Claudia ^a   Sanou, Aboubakary ^b   Wladarsch, Evelyn ^a   De Allegri, Manuela ^a   Kouyaté, Bocar ^c   Müller, Olaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN SANTÉ DE NOUNA   (Burkina Faso)

^c Burkina Faso   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; DJOLIBAN EXTRACT; DUSUKUN YELEMA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; KONO EXTRACT; PARACETAMOL; PLANT EXTRACT; SUMAYA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN MALARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DJOLIBAN; DUSUKUN YELEMA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KONO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RURAL AREA; SUMAYA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; AFRICAN MEDICINE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BURKINA FASO; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; MORTALITY; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION;

ANTIMALARIALS; BURKINA FASO; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MOTHERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 36049011600     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-6-106     Document Type: Article

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