Malaria treatment in the retail sector: Knowledge and practices of drug sellers in rural Tanzania

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Hetzel, Manuel W ^a,b   Dillip, Angel ^b   Lengeler, Christian ^a   Obrist, Brigit ^a   Msechu, June J ^b   Makemba, Ahmed M ^b   Mshana, Christopher ^b   Schulze, Alexander ^c   Mshinda, Hassan ^b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^c NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; FANSIDAR;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MARKETING; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PHARMACY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TANZANIA;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; COMMERCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALARIA; PHARMACIES; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TANZANIA;

EID: 44449156310     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-157     Document Type: Article

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