Improved malaria case management through the implementation of a health facility-based sentinel site surveillance system in Uganda

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Sserwanga, Asadu ^a   Harris, Jamal C ^b   Kigozi, Ruth ^a   Menon, Manoj ^c   Bukirwa, Hasifa ^a   Gasasira, Anne ^a   Kakeeto, Stella ^a   Kizito, Fred ^a   Quinto, Ebony ^d   Rubahika, Denis ^d   Nasr, Sussann ^c   Filler, Scott ^c   Kamya, Moses R ^e   Dorsey, Grant ^b  

^a Uganda Malaria Surveillance Project   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^e MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; CHLOROQUINE; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; QUININE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMETHER, BENFLUMETOL DRUG COMBINATION; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; FLUORENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG USE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PATIENT MONITORING; PRESCRIPTION; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; UGANDA; DRUG COMBINATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; INCIDENCE; STANDARD;

ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CASE MANAGEMENT; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FLUORENES; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; UGANDA;

EID: 79251619752     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016316     Document Type: Article

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