Use and limitations of malaria rapid diagnostic testing by community health workers in war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo

Malaria Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Hawkes, Michael ^a,b   Katsuva, Jean Paul ^c   Masumbuko, Claude K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c Institut Supérieur des Techniques Médicales de Kisangani   (Congo)

^d HEAL Africa ^*  (Congo)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGO; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; RURAL POPULATION; TRAINING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECONOMICS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WAR;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; COHORT STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74549185141     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-308     Document Type: Article

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