Text messaging to improve adherence to malaria guidelines

The Lancet

Volumn 378, Issue 9793, 2011, Pages 750-752

  Moonen, Bruno ^a   Cohen, Justin M ^a  

^a CLINTON HEALTH ACCESS INITIATIVE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE;

CASE MANAGEMENT; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MOBILE PHONE; NOTE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SCALE UP; TEXT MESSAGING; UGANDA;

EID: 80052259147     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61089-1     Document Type: Note

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