Coverage, adherence and costs of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in children employing different delivery strategies in Jasikan, Ghana

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Patouillard, Edith ^a   Conteh, Lesong ^b   Webster, Jayne ^a   Kweku, Margaret ^c   Chandramohan, Daniel ^a   Greenwood, Brian ^a  

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

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; PIPERAQUINE; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL SUPERVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INTERMITTENT THERAPY; GHANA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; NURSING STAFF; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STAFF TRAINING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMICS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; GHANA; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALARIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 80455158118     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024871     Document Type: Article

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