Cost is killing patients: subsidising effective antimalarials

The Lancet

Volumn 374, Issue 9697, 2009, Pages 1224-1226

  Talisuna, Ambrose ^a   Grewal, Penny ^a   Rwakimari, John Bosco ^b   Mukasa, Susan ^c   Jagoe, George ^a   Banerji, Jaya ^a  

^a Switzerland   (Switzerland)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^c Programme for Accessible Health Communication and Education PACE   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ; CHLOROQUINE; QUININE;

ARTICLE; DRUG COST; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; MALARIA; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

EID: 70349758223     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61767-0     Document Type: Note

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