Progress towards implementation of ACT malaria case-management in public health facilities in the Republic of Sudan: A cluster-sample survey

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Abdelgader, Tarig M ^a   Ibrahim, Abdalla M ^a   Elmardi, Khalid A ^a   Githinji, Sophie ^b   Zurovac, Dejan ^b,c,d   Snow, Robert W ^b,c   Noor, Abdisalan M ^b,c  

^a Federal Ministry of Health   (Sudan)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARD; SUDAN;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; SUDAN;

EID: 84855426574     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-11     Document Type: Review

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