Quality of malaria case management at outpatient health facilities in Angola

Malaria Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Rowe, Alexander K ^a   De Leán, Gabriel F Ponce ^a   Mihigo, Jules ^b   Santelli, Ana Carolina Fs ^c   Miller, Nathan P ^d   Van Dnem, Pedro ^e  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CDC   (Angola)

^c MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE   (Brazil)

^d MENTOR Initiative ^*  (Angola)

^e Ministry of Health   (Angola)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; ETHANOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; FLUORENE DERIVATIVE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANGOLA; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CONSULTATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEVER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALARIA; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANGOLA; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ETHANOLAMINES; FEMALE; FLUORENES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73449138790     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-275     Document Type: Article

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