Can lay community health workers be trained to use diagnostics to distinguish and treat malaria and pneumonia in children? Lessons from rural Uganda

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1234-1242

  Mukanga, David ^a,b,c   Babirye, R ^c   Peterson, S ^a,b,d   Pariyo, G W ^a   Ojiambo, G ^c   Tibenderana, J K ^e   Nsubuga, P ^f   Kallander, K ^a,b,e  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Uganda)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c The African Field Epidemiology Network ^*  (Uganda)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e MALARIA CONSORTIUM   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Community health worker; Diagnostics; Integrated community case management for malaria and pneumonia; Performance; Rapid diagnostic test; Respiratory rate timer; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ANTIBIOTICS; CHILD HEALTH; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH POLICY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MALARIA; MEDICINE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATION; RURAL AREA; TRAINING;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PEDIATRICIAN; PNEUMONIA; PRESCRIPTION; UGANDA;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMALARIALS; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COINFECTION; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESPIRATORY RATE; RURAL POPULATION; UGANDA;

UGANDA;

EID: 80052897024     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02831.x     Document Type: Article

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