Relative costs and effectiveness of treating uncomplicated malaria in two rural districts in Zambia: Implications for nationwide scale-up of home-based management

Malaria Journal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Chanda, Pascalina ^a   Hamainza, Busiku ^b   Moonga, Hawela B ^b   Chalwe, Victor ^c   Banda, Patrick ^a   Pagnoni, Franco ^d  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Zambia)

^b National Malaria Control Centre   (Zambia)

^c TROPICAL DISEASES RESEARCH CENTRE   (Zambia)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; QUININE; ARTEMISIN; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; LACTONE;

ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME CARE; HOME MANAGEMENT OF MALARIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; RURAL AREA; SCALE UP; UNCOMPLICATED MALARIA; ZAMBIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG COMBINATION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTONES; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT; ZAMBIA;

EID: 79958044348     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-159     Document Type: Article

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