Combining community case management and intermittent preventive treatment for malaria

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 477-480

  Greenwood, Brian ^a   Bojang, Kalifa ^b   Tagbor, Harry ^c   Pagnoni, Franco ^d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^c KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; ARTEMISININ; CHLOROQUINE; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE;

AFRICA; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; COMMUNITY CASE MANAGEMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT PREVENTIVE TREATMENT; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MONOTHERAPY; MORBIDITY; PHARMACY; PREGNANCY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; VACCINATION;

AFRICA; ANTIMALARIALS; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLOROQUINE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALARIA; PREGNANCY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PYRIMETHAMINE; SEASONS; SULFADOXINE;

EID: 80054776940     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: 14715007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2011.06.005     Document Type: Review

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